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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 25 Apr 2022 \ parent \ on: "Lightning is not only faster than all blockchains, it's impossible to be faster than Lightning." bitcoin
Oh he meant impossible for a blockchain to be faster? That’s definitely true
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 25 Apr 2022
Yeah, this clip was about other blockchains.
Is there any non-blockchain payment method that could rival the speed of a direct (non-routed) Lightning payment?
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69 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 25 Apr 2022
Hypothetically, if you create a protocol that doesn’t require you to create channels with counter parties, that’d be faster. But it doesn’t exist and might not be possible.
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