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Does LN require an on-chain "emergency lane" to mitigate systemic risks?
As far as I understand this is not needed. Let us assume we have an congested mempool and someone publishes an old channel state. This transaction will not be mined directly as the mempool is ...
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In the Lightning Network, what risks if any are associated with allowing a remote node to be offline for too long?
You only need be concerned about your own uptime. If your counterparty is offline for extended periods, they are at risk of being cheated by you, but it does not put you at risk.
However, since ...
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In the Lightning Network, what risks if any are associated with allowing a remote node to be offline for too long?
I'm not sure what you mean by the "remote channel". If you don't control the channel and you grant full access to a third party to manage your Lightning node/channel then the worst they can ...
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Protect against falling bitcoin and bitcoin cash prices
As of 2017, the CME and CBOE offer Bitcoin futures (but not bitcoin cash futures). AFAIK, these are the only regulated future contracts that you'll get. More ways of hedging your exposure to future ...
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What is the backup plan for the social organization surrounding Core development?
To date GitHub has restricted developer accounts from Iran, Crimea, Cuba, North Korea and has taken down certain projects (e.g. an Ethereum open source privacy project Tornado Cash though Tornado Cash ...
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It it posible, pros and cons using multiple pass phrases on same blockchain?
Yes, there is no limit on setting up multiple wallets. The main disadvantage is that you will need to keep track of numerous separate sets of funds. While it has advantages not to put all your eggs in ...
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