Correction: "Maxwell noted, At least five companies as well as many individuals are actively developing Lightning, and much of the code and development is open in a similar model to Bitcoin.
Please list the "5 independent companies developing their own versions of the lightning network" here:
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That's a good point newbie.... Surely it would be nice to get more specificity rather than blanket statements.
For your eyes only(The buttcoiner must overt their eyes as because these facts may harm their narrative)-
First four are in the article ...
1) Poon, Dryja, Elizabeth Stark , and Olaoluwa Osuntokun - Dryjas Lightning Network
2) Rusty Russell - Blockstream's LN implementation
3) AmikaPay LN implementation
4) StrawPay LN implementation
This is the fifth one -
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http://thunder.network being developed by Mats Jerratsch at Blockchain
1. Not a company.
2. Blockstream counted itself as one of the five independent companies?
3. Can't get a single hit on Google.
4. Lol, already implemented, and not Lightning.
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is not a company.
In short, not a single independent company in your list. Did you think no one would check?
Please feel free to try again. It won't cost you nothin'