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Sep 23, 2022Liked by Nat Eliason

Lightning is awesome, but when is the last time you tried to send a BTC payment? $65 is an outrageous exaggeration of the fees.

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Yup I completely misread that when I checked it… I don’t even know how I got that number. Thanks for pointing it out, will edit

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Nat, gentle reminder on the above--I believe you're referring to 2021 when fees hit ~$60; usual price is between $1-$5 if I'm not mistaken

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Depends on the size of the transaction, but it's easily under $1. Plenty of transactions could be done on the main chain for less than $.10 right now.

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When is the next newsletter being released?

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Hi Nat.. Just a question. What's the incentive for people to build on the bitcoin "lightning network" if the take rate is so low?

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Always loved your content Nat, would you be open to allowing us to share it with our 60k+ audience as well?

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How decentralised and censorship resistant is Lightning compared to the BTC layer? Feel like I don’t have a clear understanding of this still

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The para on how it can enable tiny amounts being transacted; like a free subscriber paying just a few cents after reading this excellent article. Breathtaking possibility

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Interesting. Been so focused on eth I haven’t used these. But may try.

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