A Centrality Analysis of the Lightning Network · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2201.07746/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTA Centrality Analysis of the Lightning Network — mentioned by rvzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31101487urn:hackerpapers:mention:2201.07746:31101487Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:07:13 GMT<p>&gt; Bitcoin Lighting Network and Monero ftw. Two things: 1. Bitcoin Lightning is not Bitcoin and is in fact a centralized by design layer 2 system which the transactions are off-chain [0][1], a direct contradiction to what Bitcoin was designed for. A peer-to-peer on-chain electronic cash system. 2. Monero and the other privacy coins are getting delisted and banned from exchanges due to increasing regulations. [2][3][4] You can still use Monero, but the on-ramps, exchanges will have banned the privacy coins under these regulations, cutting a way to easily exchange it for fiat. [0]…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2201.07746/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CR