The Lightning Network Whitepaper Is Eight Years Old Today
825 sats \ 14 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 14 Jan lightning
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113 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshiplanet 14 Jan
happy lightning, stackers!
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113 sats \ 1 reply \ @hasherstacker 14 Jan
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71 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 14 Jan
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92 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 14 Jan
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cyberpunk02 15 Jan
earth discharge!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 15 Jan

The Lightning Network Whitepaper Did NOT Turn Eight Yesterday
=> #388556
thanks @kristapsk
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @yfaming 15 Jan
It takes time for great ideas to spread and conquer. I didn't take it seriously until 8 years passed. 😂
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 15 Jan
the best is yet to come ⚡️
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 15 Jan
HBD LN ZAP ⚡️
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121 sats \ 1 reply \ @kristapsk 15 Jan
No, it isn't, there was earlier public draft release (0.5) in February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150301065655/http://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper-draft-0.5.pdf
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 15 Jan
Do you know why they no longer mention this version on the official website?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 15 Jan
God bless lightning network, its developers and stacker news too!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ca 15 Jan
Technological dead end?
It's been 8 years...
https://x.com/privacymatter21/status/1746435747547373613?s=20
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 15 Jan
Argument there is bad - he would pay more or less the same fee for just onchain Bitcoin transaction, without Lightning. But now he has bigger channel he can use to spend cheaply.
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