i hadnt heard of arc before.
it seems a counterparty is needed.
if thats true, what does that counter party do and could it be replaced by a CRDT instead?
...sry if that doesnt make any sense. ...just trying to figure out what are pros/cons compared to lightning.
if you have good links that give a good detailed summary, that wpuld help too 🙂
There are two companies building Ark
Ark Labs: docs.arkadeos.com
Second: docs.second.tech
There is trust involved to an extent in Ark, you need to trust that the Ark server won't collude with the sender of the payment to double spend it, but that's only for payments that you receive instantly, if you wait for some time your balance (called VTXOs) can be included as part of an aggregate txn that the Ark server makes after an interval which removes the trust assumption
is there a version of that without the instant to avoid any form of something that sounds "custodial"?
which feature does ark provide that lightning cant and why?
