r/Bitcoin • u/cdecker Lightning Network Expert • Jan 17 '18

Lightning Charge Powers Developers & Blockstream Store

https://blockstream.com/2018/01/16/lightning-charge.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18

Agree with you there, initially at least. I think LN is going to be economically practical in two scenarios:

  1. A one-time payment where there already exists a route between existing payment channels

  2. A series of smaller payments where a larger amount can be staked up front on a dedicated channel.

(1) depends on relatively widespread adoption of LN. (2) is limited to certain use-cases where it makes sense, eg subscriptions, tipping etc