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I think is right to name as "wallet" a LN wallet. Why? Because LN is The Payment Network of Bitcoin. Bitcoin onchain on the other side is wrongful named wallet. Why? Because onchain is the Key Keeper, not the spender. I would name the onchain as "keychain store" and for LN, as "wallet" (from where you are spending).

Interesting. I just think regular person will think the money is in the actual wallet which it is not, but I guess from usability perspective it would be the easiest to understand.

Keychain store is a bit of a tough word to understand. Perhaps a "private bank" :).

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Yes, you get me right, I just wanted to point that onchain is not the "spender" as many would think. It can be called whatever "keys..."

I usually call it - the 3 levels of stash:

  • onchain cold storage - your central bank, your vault, you almost never touch it
  • onchain cache - your commercial bank, where you do coin control, funds management (in/out to other levels), you node (public routing or not), uncle Jim bank if you like
  • LN channels / wallets - your spending pockets, just enough funds for daily, weekly spend, in multiple LN wallets

All is explained in my guides, like this ones: ₿itcoin - Be your own bank, think like a bank

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Thank you. Great article

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