True, didn't think of that. But you'd really want to keep a separate LN for mars and thus making it not interoperable with the one on earth makes sense.

random_bitcoiner

Because even if they decide to use lightning for mars-to-mars transactions, nothing really guarantees that a LN peer is actually in Mars

You can prove that a lightning peer is on Mars simply by responding quickly. This prevents faking a Martian peer.

bitcoin

Lightning Network and Interplanetary Settlement

nullcount

> Because even if they decide to use lightning for mars-to-mars transactions, nothing really guarantees that a LN peer is actually in Mars

You can prove that a lightning peer is on Mars simply by responding quickly. This prevents faking a Martian peer.