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This is the best answer for a 5 years old kid to understand!
The abacus!
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How do I get those beads?
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Those beads are your bitcoin and you commit those beads by opening channels
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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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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"