Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 10:03:57 AM

A channel gets funded when it gets opened, so it makes sense to be opened by the person who has to pay the other person.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 10:03:57 AM

Correct. But as a customer buying groceries, that should be fine. If you're a supplier selling something to the store it's a different story.

In that scenario, they would have to be the the ones who open and fund the channel since they are paying and sending me Bitcoin.

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 10:03:57 AM

However, if a supermarket accepts Bitcoin Lightning payments, they'll most likely use a payment processor to handle the transaction. So you can open a channel to any well-connected node, and the shop doesn't have to worry about anything.

You lost me here. How do I establish the connection to the grocery store in this scenario? I send LN payments to the node operator. The node operator opens a channel to the grocery store?