Reducing the switching cost between cryptocurrencies with trustless cross-chain swaps. What happens when that decentralized multi-currency micropayment network becomes fully automated and instantaneous?

"Atomic swaps are years away." No. [ Ссылка ]

Chapters
0:00 Let's say an average user buys things from 50 different brands will that need 50 different altcoins?
0:36 Switching cost
2:05 Atomic cross-chain swaps
3:26 The lightning network
5:15 Go forth and build


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