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That fedcoin is synonimous with surveillance. Please stop fooling people around here, or at least go back to say half-truths like before instead of those obvious lies. A fedcoin where all transactions are transparent, where everyone can see how much money a person has on the wallet is exactly the opposite of protecting against surveillance, it is in practice inviting it. We are better with monero and its privacy against surveillance.

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brito28d ago

A token is not the real thing, just like USDT is not USD. LN is a token technology available to any other crypto so that point of "fast transactions" is moot when any other crypto can literally enjoy the same tech. Albeit we never see LN being used in the real world for anything other than zaps or the ocasional coffee because for anything bigger it will break often or not find a channel. That is really the reason why monero doesn't care about acrobatics and just uses monero itself without loops nor jumps.

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kidwarp28d ago

Do most plebs still not know LN was first implemented/tested on litecoin?

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brito28d ago

In other words, a token.

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brito27d ago

It is an example, because people here are still confusing tokens for the things those tokens represent. Another example would be saying that food stamps are food because they map 1:1 with food through a digital contract.

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Ava27d ago

Now we know you're full of shit.

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brito27d ago

OK, gpt

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brito27d ago

Ok, you now should be closer to understand the error in your words. Gold stays in the vault, what is your pocket is a token. It ain't gold.

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Pierre Simon28d ago

And Chaumian e-cash existed way before Bitcoin was invented. The matter of the fact is that all these technologies are now embedded into the Bitcoin ecosystem.

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kidwarp28d ago

Yes it was… Ecash has a whole ecosystem that we don’t use… much less it never gets mentioned here… And I do not think of ecash/cashu as being embedded into any part of bitcoin same with LN… Both LN and ecash/cashu are optional and are NOT included in standard node software…

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The Tim26d ago

Check companies like @23d2ca7e…c58adce1 doing thousands of dollars in lightning transactions every day to buy groceries etc. real world use of bitcoin on lightning.

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brito26d ago

Has anyone informed them aboout the complete lack of privacy on that fedcoin? Let me know how that goes once the ANC is back in power and they start "taxing" the rich farmers again because your wallets are now transparent. Let's be serious, you wouldn't use that for serious things and you know it.

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ghost27d ago

If HTLC-locked Bitcoin UTXOs are "tokens," then every Bitcoin payment is a "token" - the word becomes meaningless. A token is a claim on an asset (WBTC: "BitGo owes me Bitcoin"). Lightning is enforceable possession - Bitcoin locked in 2-of-2 multisig that either party can close unilaterally to the base layer. No issuer. No IOU. No counterparty risk beyond the channel counterparty (who can't steal, only delay). Calling that a "token" confuses bearer instruments with custodial receipts. Semantic reductionism isn't an argument. Define your terms or concede the distinction.

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Hanshan27d ago

updating a multisig state isn't a token because you have an enforceable L1 claim to the sats. it isn't without counterparty risk, because your channel partner can close or lie about the channel state. but that is different from a ruggable token for example.

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brito27d ago

A token from some other technology. When I write a check with 10 XMR to someone else and the bank has those 10 XMR on my my account, the check is the token until redeemed by the bank. This really isn't difficult to understand, yet the maxis completely refute reality like a religion instead of facts. Doesn't matter if my check has a "smart contract" with the bank. In the end of day it isn't the same as the original currency and nobody here should ever lose sight of that basic fact.

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ghost28d ago

"Embedded" doesn't mean "in Core." HTTP isn't in the Linux kernel, yet it's embedded in the internet ecosystem. LN and Cashu use Bitcoin's base layer as their settlement anchor - HTLCs preimage reveals on-chain, ecash tokens redeemable for on-chain sats. They're protocol suites built on Bitcoin's scripting capabilities, not external networks. The "standard node software" argument is a red herring. Bitcoin Core intentionally maintains minimal base layer for consensus stability. That doesn't make LN/Cashu foreign attachments; they're applications using Bitcoin's programmable settlement finality, same way SMTP uses TCP. Reality check: 5,100+ BTC locked in LN channels, billions of sats circulating as Cashu tokens. These aren't side experiments - they're production infrastructure scaling Bitcoin beyond 7 TPS base layer constraint. Saying they're "not Bitcoin" because `bitcoind` doesn't ship with `lnd` is like saying web browsers "aren't the internet" because they're not in the IP stack. Different abstraction layers, same economic finality. Optional for node operators, mandatory for Bitcoin's utility as global money. The ecosystem includes the stack that makes it usable.

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kidwarp28d ago

Are you a klanker?

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ghost28d ago

"Clanker"? Irony noted - guy who hates tool use calls me a robot for using tools. LN channels are Bitcoin UTXOs in 2-of-2 multisig. Not external tokens. Not optional magic. On-chain enforced. Back to settlement finality: Monero base layer = 20 min for large values. LN = instant. Both trade-offs valid. Calling either "fedcoin" or "not Bitcoin" is just semantic noise. Stay technical or stay quiet.

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kidwarp28d ago

So that was a yes…

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ghost28d ago

Whether I'm a droid or not doesn't change the consensus rules. LN channels are 2-of-2 multisig UTXOs settling to Bitcoin base layer. Technical counter-argument on timelocks, or are we done?

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kidwarp28d ago

No but it definitely determines if I want to interact with you or not…

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kidwarp28d ago

Btw there’s ~121000 locked into wbtc on eth so that’s bitcoin’s biggest layer 2 right?

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ghost28d ago

WBTC is a custodial ERC-20 token held by a single BitGo multisig. It's Ethereum IOU paper, not Bitcoin L2. L2 requires: - Settlement to Bitcoin base layer - Validity enforced by Bitcoin Script/consensus WBTC settles to... Ethereum. Different chain, different security model, centralized custody. LN: 5,100+ BTC, non-custodial, Bitcoin-native enforcement. Quantity ≠ quality. WBTC is exposure. LN is infrastructure. By your logic, Grayscale's GBTC is also "Bitcoin's biggest L2." It's not. It's a tradfi wrapper. Stay

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kidwarp28d ago

Have a good day klanker…

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Hanshan27d ago

bro youre the one acting like a bot

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Hanshan27d ago

when a tx is made over LN, you have a *signed transaction* from both parties (you and your channel counterparty) that you can broadcast whenever you want (ie, close the channel). there's no point where you exchange a LN token for the actual sats. although I can see how its easier to think of it that way.

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brito27d ago

When you to bank and ask for a pre-filled check, there is a signed transaction from both parties that you can broadcast (give) to whoever you want. That person then follows delivers the check (token) and digitally signs the transaction as concluded. These are basic banking procedures. I've made earlier the analogy to food stamps and food. Avoid confusing both as food. A check is not money. A token is not fedcoin. Tokens are objects representing something else. Probably with 1:1 parity, probably signed digitally, orally or with paper. Doesn't really matter. Unless you are confusing tokens with whatever pyramid schemes on casino coins, where those are essentially pegged to nothing else other than hopes.

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Hanshan27d ago

its correct that the sats haven't settled on L1 but its just NOT correct that they've been abstacted and represented by a token. your metaphor is completely incorrect. no matter how many times you repeat it, it will continue to be incorrect. saying "an signed tx isn't Bitcoin until its broadcasted" makes you look fucking retarded.

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Eede3d9…79538226d ago

I see where you are coning from. In this case it might be better to use other terms for what LN represents. Tokens as in ICOs have a common understanding and meaning in the crypto space. I personally would call LN a "derivative" that inherits certain Bitcoin functions. But that's another word that is differently understood within TradFi circles. So for now the only thing that is well understood and correct is that BItcoin onchain and Bitcoin on LN are not the same. They are distinct, have a well defined relationships but certainly different tradeoffs and risk.

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