200 sats \ 1 reply \ @supertestnet 4 Jul \ parent \ on: Is it illegal to operate a Bitcoin Lightning node? bitcoin
There is a meaningful security difference vis a vis timelocks. An offline lightning node can be stolen from after a timelock expires. That's only true for lightning, not for "regular" hot wallets. So lightning has an additional security assumption that other bitcoin wallets don't have: you have to keep it online and connected or check in on it regularly or use a watchtower and hope they don't collude with any thieves.
That's right :)
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