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One could also make the argument that LN is a proof-of-stake layer. The more capital you lock in with other nodes (and vice-versa), the more likely you are to 'validate' payments.
Yep. Well, I mean, there is a difference. Lightning certainly involves staking assets, but lightning nodes aren't network-level validators. They only validate to secure their own ability to unilateral exit, not to secure other people's money
It's possible to *have* stake without being a proof-of-stake *system*