108 sats \ 3 replies \ @aljaz 24 Oct 2022 \ on: LN+ Has Deployed 1,000+ BTC of Lightning Network Liquidity bitcoin
not sure deployment is the best description for this. LN+/Amboss/Pool are more of a facilitators, only ZFR actually deploys capital directly from this list (and other users of marketplaces who participate in it).
what term do you think is more accurate?
you’re right that these are all different products, but they all have an overarching similarity of connecting nodes and moving funds from on-chain to lightning.
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i'm a strong supporter of using deployed instead of locked when describing bitcoin used as liquidity in lightning network as we're essentially deploying capacity not locking in value
as for the wording on this, I don't have a great replacement for deployed here - as you pointed out it kinda works, its just not the most factually correct necessarily, but maybe thats already in the nitpicking territory.
Tbh probably the thing that bothered me with the list is mixing market places (LN+, Magma, pool, liq. ads) and liquidity providers (ZFR) tho I guess one could say ZFR is also a marketplace to some extent, with only one participant.
Generally when we speak about markets we talk about volumes, tho in this case I guess the closest comparison would be cash markets for commodities as we have delivery, or in this case more deployment of purchased commodity (liquidity).
Before this gets too long - I don't have a clear answer, more of a tendency for this entire space to start naming things with some foresight and consistency to make it easier for people outside the industry to understand and have a clear mapping of what this represents in relation to existing things in the world
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good points, the distinction between marketplaces and individual providers should have been more clear
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