Lightning Is a Layer for Data Transmission and Not Just for Payments

I see this like issue unfolding with Tor where I think over the last six or eight months it's constantly had DDoS issues. If you got paid to run a Tor node there would be a lot more Tor nodes and that's the argument that lightning has in favor of it. The notion of exit node compromise or various ways in which the network can be monitored by central players who can simply because of its non-monetary nature require a sufficient number of Tor exit nodes to be able to de-nomimize traffic these kinds of concerns shouldn't apply as no centralized party can keep up with that kind of growth.

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