Not sure I fully understand the use-case you are referring to. Is this supposed to be a short-term loan to get a bill paid or is this supposed to facilitate muli-hop payments? In the former case there is no support for it yet, since all of the payments in LN are always fully backed by Bitcoin. In the latter case, I don't see how that differs from the multi-hop payments we already do.
Cheers, Christian "U.Mutlu" <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > would LN allow the creation of marketplace(s) (ie. echanges) > where users can offer to overtake quasi-instantly the > payment obligation of someone else, for a little income > from the transaction fees? > > Ie. then the regular network (bitcoin etc.) would optionally > first look whether there is an intermediary available in the "orderbook" > of the exchange that is willing to instantly overtake the payer's > obligation, and if yes then this transaction would be dealt by LN... > > By this, the helping users (intermediary settlers, credit-givers) > would have a little income stream by helping with their own funds, > and w/o risking their funds. > > I think many users would like such an idea for a small income, > and many such exchanges would open. They would announce their > service on the underlying network(s). > > If such an exhange goes down then it shall have > no negative consequences for the participants. > > Can such an infrastructure be built on top of LN? > > Thx > > _______________________________________________ > Lightning-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev _______________________________________________ Lightning-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev
