Reminds me of @strike how they let you send Bitcoin or dollars and receive Bitcoin or dollars. They don't have to match. Still don't know how I feel about the whole thing. Happy to have an increased interest and use of lightning but what's the cost going to be? 🤔

Agreed. Feeling ambivalent about it, but nonetheless a demonstration of how powerful the LN is.

Seems like it would allow an Uncle Jim edge node to hold a USD balance for a user without assuming the price fluctuation risk involved in contract-for-difference Also allows the spooks who want to move USD to their unbanked operatives to have better privacy Could also allow seemingly private conversions from BTC to USD for operators running both types of nodes without relying on a centralized exchange