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@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ There are two separate topics to go over with Lightning <-> Liquid. First is *L-
What if you have no desire to create tokens, securities, etc...can you still make use of Liquid?
Yes, probably one of the best ways to do that is to use it as a *staging area* for opening Lightning channels. In fact, both Blockstream Green and the newly announced (more user friendly) AQUA both do that under-the-hood. They are using services like Boltz, which allows you to open Lightning Channels with L-BTC.
(NOTE: [BTCSessions did a great video/review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kNMJd-Ts2c) of how to use Liquid as a way to very cheaply onboard from fiat as cheap as possible. Summary is Fiat -> CEX -> BTC -> Liquid -> Boltz -> LN. Obviously if your CEX has a LN withdrawal option you don't need all these steps!)
Yes, probably one of the best ways to do that is to use it as a *staging area* for opening Lightning channels. In fact, both Blockstream Green and the newly announced (more user friendly) AQUA both do that under-the-hood[^5][^6].
### Comparing eCash / Lightning / Liquid / BTC
|| eCash | Lightning | Liquid | BTC |
@ -163,3 +161,5 @@ Yes, probably one of the best ways to do that is to use it as a *staging area* f
[^2]: Atomic Swaps allow parties to exchange different tokens directly without the need for a 3rd party, eliminating most of the risk of fraud and counterparty default.In fact, Blockstream has a tool to simplify using it.
[^3]: Please `git clone` the repo and don't rely on the pre-compiled downloads in repo (they are out of date from source)
[^4]: You can specify to individual wallets in the swap-tool URL connect string by using the `http://user:password@localhost:7041/wallet/walletname` syntax
[^5]: They are using services like Boltz, which allows you to open Lightning Channels with L-BTC.
[^6] [BTCSessions did a great video/review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kNMJd-Ts2c) of how to use Liquid as a way to very cheaply onboard from fiat as cheap as possible. Summary is Fiat -> CEX -> BTC -> Liquid -> Boltz -> LN. Obviously if your CEX has a LN withdrawal option you don't need all these steps!)