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Lightning depends on and USES the blockchain, grandparent said it doesn't which is patently untrue, thus fud.


What’s important is they’re not engaging in fear, uncertainty, or doubt. I’m not going to accuse bananas of being unsuitable for vegetarians just because they’re shaped like sausages.

As there are different ways to use a thing, and everything I’ve seen of Lightning (network not cable) is using the Blockchain in roughly the same sense as a USD denominated bank that happens to not ban accounts from trading Bitcoin uses the Blockchain — i.e. it does, but it’s very much also pretending — this seems reasonable, if not literal.




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