If you can run a mint offline and convert Sats from this offline lightning network, you can literally print money backed by Bitcoin.

Great stuff. I love network stuff like this and bitcoin over SMS.

"Our simulation results show that, success rates up to 95% are achievable...when channels have enough liquidity."

Still see this as the biggest problem to overcome for the Lightning Network.

Good one. Thanks. Bookmarked.

Let's hope it's not needed, but almost seems inevitable at this point, that it will.

i wonder how that would work

Having a hard time visualizing this.