Yep I know, this is better than Lightning Network. Lightning network requires a third party. This thing is P2P.
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This has nothing to do with the fork. What's your point?
What are you even saying !?!?
Lightning network requires hubs run by third parties, not this approach.
FROM 21.CO ARTICLE YOU LINKED
or the highly anticipated Lightning Network (for which payment channels are a building block and hubs arent needed).
Lightning network is this stuff on steroid.