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My interpretation of USDT over lighthing news, correct me if I’m wrong in my logic:

Pros:

- Cheaper fees for USDT transfers. People who rely on USDT benefit.

- More value brought onto the lightning network

- Ultimately more value and liquidity ochain as it’s easier to move on the same blockchain over different ones

- LESS value for the other shitcoin chains. Now that they dont’ facilitate USDT, what’s the point of them?

- Better privacy over wide open chains.

- Off-chain - no need to wait at all if there were any wait times to begin with (I don’t know because I don’t use it).

Cons:

- Has USDT verified reserves? If not, this is a liability

- Potential for increased regulatory scrutiny and targetting

- More attention to lightning network enabled privacy if there is any

Net: probably a good thing - saying it cautiously.

Curious what you think?

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Christoph Ono 11mo ago

One consideration is that everyone who wants to use USDT on Lightning needs to have at least one dedicated channel for that purpose with the needed liquidity. That means additional fees for channel setup and maintenance and you need the LSP and swap provider infrastructure for it.

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