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An interesting article about how to exit spark. Td;tr
It is not easy but can be integrated into wallets so it is easier for the user. But it can be very expensive and there is still trust involved along the way.

1103 sats \ 0 replies \ @brink 16 Jul

I appreciate the article, it seems like blink is taking spark seriously, not all wallets can say the same.

The all-in cost of the exit is ~18,700 sats

So they recovered 82% of the value in a low fee environment. The 90% they mention several times is not considering the fees.

The bundle they build and backup needs to be refreshed to take the fee into account. I think the wallet managing the bundle is necessary to make the exit credible, it's a shame it's not part of the spark protocol. I hope Blink will show in the UI how much is recoverable taking the fees into account.

Operators can never spend your funds. [...] Theft would require every single operator to collude. One honest operator makes it impossible, even an offline one

Meaning... they can spend the funds.

All it takes is being on a sanctioned list and the operators will be forced to collude by law. A merge acquisition, operators going bankrupt, a lot of scenarios can lead to operators colluding, no evil intents required.

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Escape

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The problem: Fake L2s

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