LOL.  That doesn't "simplify" jack shit.  It makes LN an even bigger Rube Goldberg machine than it already is by introducing even more variables and transaction types.  I love how he brings up "watchtowers" too.  The mere existence of such an idea is concrete proof the base system itself lay somewhere between fundamentally unworkable and useless, and they're attempting to place a bunch of obscure bandaids on top of it that vastly increase complexity where instead of a monetary unit, it's more like a 1000 page book of legalese.

Bitcoin is a designed to centralize Rube Goldberg machine and LN is EVEN MORE SO.  LN is a replica of the already existing banking system and completely useless.  

Gold and silver are MONEY.  Designed to centralize, non-fungible, permissioned ledger, Rube Goldberg machines are NOT money.