It's basically a promisary note as far as I can tell, and am I right in thinking node operators have to put up some funds of their own as collateral to ensure what goes into a channel comes out? Or is that Thorswap?
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Honestly, the more I learn about bitcoin the more I realise I don't know.
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This answer my dilemma. Tldr : when the receiver receive the secret preimage R
This is true when we talk about LN <> Mainnet transactions.
But transaction occurs internally too.
Wos sends to getalby wallet & muun & other nodes, a process called multihop.
In multihop, there will be a need for finality, a point where a different node user can spend their funds