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    watashi-kokoto
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    February 27, 2016, 08:02:34 PM
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    It might be fine for microtransactions, but no business in its right mind would want to lock up non-trivial amounts of bitcoins in payment channels; it's an invitation to regulation and market corrections.

    Anybody can settle the tied up funds anytime. The question is , would the on-chain confirmation regulated? If anybody can prevent the channel closure from confirmation, then the same individual could effectively freeze any bitcoin even under the current rules.

    Only difference is the channel closure has a specific close time window, so yes, the risk is slightly larger, but not significantly. We'll see
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