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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @ZezzebbulTheMysterious 4h \ parent \ on: Lightning swaps *are* the connective tissue - btc++ Insider lightning
If you are routing, it’s more desirable to have the extra sats in the channel vs onchain. True settlement is always onchain, but if you want to put those sats to work, you’re going to have to pay a miner to open another channel.
So in a sense that if that wallet/nodes purpose is routing, “settlement” in lightning sats —- increased channel balance is more desirable.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 4h
Okay, I think I get what you're saying, but to me that means that there is a benefit to not settling, which I agree with. But that doesn't make LN a settlement layer, it makes it a I'm-not-settling-yet layer.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ZezzebbulTheMysterious 4h
There also is the ecash component, true, final settlement is onchain. But moving from ecash to channel balance is a l3->l2 settlement too! Settlement is any layer transition, not just onchain.
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