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whoa, need to learn more about this concept.
can you elaborate or share any blog posts that explain how send-only LN channels work?
will users still need to operate a lightning node for send-only LN channels to work?
There is nothing to share yet, because this is still a work in progress. But essentially Trezor acts like a LN node which never receives a payment. I promise to share more once we have more details.
can’t wait to see the product launch announcement on stacker news when it’s ready!
Will this be a channel that you can have next to other LN channels? So that you can also have a ‘hot’ LN channel to receive payments and make small transactions.
Are this ‘send-only’ channels meant to be build in to existing LN clients or will this require a special app?
This will be implemented in Trezor and Trezor Suite first.
But since our implementation will be open-source as always, any LN client could integrate this if they want and other HW wallets might pick-up the idea as well.
So the idea is that if you never receive on a channel then you don't need a watchtower, right?
Could this be used without internet access but having network connection to the recipient (assuming the recipient is the other end of the channel of course)?
Yeah, right, you don't need a watchtower while being offline.
could this be used without internet access but having network connection to the recipient
That's the general idea, but we need to examine this further, whether there are some issues with that.
We are currently working on a concept that will bring a "send-only" LN channels to Trezor. That way, you can have a LN channel fully protected by a hardware wallet but at the same time completely secure while being offline.