No. By "sanction" I am talking specifically about [OFAC and export restrictions](https://ofac.treasury.gov/ofac-sanctions-lists).

These are quite problematic because it means those countries people have a harder time using Bitcoin & Lightning.

You refer to the sanction for cheating in a channel force closure? Or what?
How many LN nodes and apps did you tested/used until now?

DarthCoin

Now I don't claim to be an expert or anything, but I just wanted to create a birds-eye view of the whole situation. Appreciate the LNBTC clarification.

Discussion about this stuff is necessary,

LOL but you already complain that the channel reserve is not good because you cannot use that fraction of sats.

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State of Lightning Network in 2024

Zenul_Abidin

Now I don't claim to be an expert or anything, but I just wanted to create a birds-eye view of the whole situation. Appreciate the LNBTC clarification.

Discussion about this stuff is necessary,

> > Lightning Network financial infrastructure needs to be made sanction-proof.
>
> LOL but you already complain that the channel reserve is not good because you cannot use that fraction of sats.

How are those two related?