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by Beejeepa 3120 days ago
It's not only vaporware, it's uneconomical. That demo doesn't withdraw Bitcoin - it locks it up. Two transactions for every channel. Lightning Network is just another bank, a third party with fees.
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Strange definition of vaporware you have, considering I just showed you lightning network operating across three different implementations of the protocol on the main bitcoin network.
>Lightning Network is just another bank, a third party with fees.

source? afaik it's open source and it charges no fees.