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101 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 11 Nov 2022 \ parent \ on: Lightning is Broken AF (But We Can Fix It) - Matt Corallo bitcoin

This video is more or less a diff between what lightning is ideally and what it is today.

  1. nodes need to be online, so UX sucks on mobile-like devices
  2. watchtowers don't "watch" HTLCs for privacy reasons
  3. dispute txs are subject to mempool pinning attacks
  4. payment routing is hard mostly because channel balances are unknown and vary
  5. it's pretty nuanced, but lightning isn't very private in many dimensions
  6. channel jamming is a thing
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135 sats \ 0 replies \ @TonyGiorgio OP 11 Nov 2022

Yeah I think that pretty much covers it. Coupled with "and don't really trust just anyone to be your counterparty here"

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