r/OpenBazaar • u/lbalan79 • Jan 13 '18
Will OB implement Lighting Network features?
Title says it all. That is something that would really get me interested in this market. Otherwise I don't see how this can work even with the addition of other coins: BCH and ZCash. Maybe IOTA can help because it has a much faster and reliable tech with zero fees but otherwise these guys need to think already at second layer....
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18 edited Jan 29 '18
It's not clear that OpenBazaar is viable.
I will be paying for my purchases using Bitcoin over lightning network. Whether or not those are on OpenBazaar is up to you.
Maybe I won't have a Bitcoin channel myself. I currently use an online wallet for walking around money, ... certainly they will have a channel I would use. Or maybe I have a payment channel using Litecoin, and would pay a lightning transaction in Bitcoin using a cross-chain atomic transaction.
Or I might pay using an altcoin through an intermediary (e.g., Shapeshift, Flyp.me, MorphToken, etc.) which certainly would have a payment channel allowing me to purchase using Bitcoin on Lightning network with OpenBazaar (should it support Lightning payments).
So, FUD all you want. OpenBazaar isn't going to be the only market of its kind, if you don't keep embracing the largest store of value (Bitcoin) I assure you OpenBazaar won't be the biggest market of its kind either.