On: El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender

[ChainOfFools]

the rise and consolidation of settlement channel aggregators is going to lead to another visa / Mastercard style duopoly, "but with blockchain."

[rawtxapp → ChainOfFools]

That doesn't make any sense, the channels are p2p, you can open and close channels with whoever you wish and your channel counterparties don't actually hold your funds, you hold them.

[ChainOfFools → rawtxapp]

now you're making it sound like there's no need for channel aggregation at all. which is it?

[rawtxapp → ChainOfFools]

I think we misunderstand each other, I'm talking about batching channel open/closes, I'm not talking about with whom you open channels.

[minsc__and__boo → ChainOfFools]

Yep, it's like lightning is moving closer and closer to credit cards, which was what blockchain was supposed to substitute.