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A Bitcoin Maximalist’s Harsh Criticism Of The Lightning Network
□ Aug 20 2021 □
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adversarial screws
andreas antonopoulos
attacks
bitcoin
bitcoin lightning network
The Lightning Network is the main reason Bitcoin is legal in El Salvador. The main chain couldn’t serve a whole country without a fast and reliable payment channel built on top of it. It’s as simple as that. However, is the Lightning Network invulnerable to attacks? Is its architecture as bulletproof as Bitcoin’s main network? Not according to technical expert Shinobi, who qualifies...