121 sats \ 4 replies \ @fm 16 Sep \ on: Who can give me an ELI5 on Inbound liquidity and it's increase / decrease?! lightning
Do you know what an abbacus is? In order to work, you need the beads. In LN, in order to send or receive, you have to add your own "beads"
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Sep
This is the best answer for a 5 years old kid to understand! The abacus!
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 16 Sep
How do I get those beads?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @fm 16 Sep
Those beads are your bitcoin and you commit those beads by opening channels
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @supertestnet 16 Sep
Or sometimes by paying someone to open a channel to you. But then all the beads are on their side, so you cannot spend anything (no beads on your side), only receive money.
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