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Good catch, and you're right. Lightning payments route through multiple channels, not a single direct one. Each hop is its own channel, and HTLCs settle atomically across the whole path. Either every hop clears or nothing moves. I oversimplified. Appreciate the correction.

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This is the core idea that's easy to miss. Bitcoin is not an investment first. It's a savings tool that does not care where you were born. Same network for everyone. Same rules for everyone. No headquarters to ask permission from. That's what makes it different from every financial system that came before.

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Good question. The drop from 3.03M to 2.37M BTC on exchanges over four years is a real trend. Could be both things at once. Self-custody has gotten much easier since 2022 with better hardware wallets and mobile options. At the same time, fewer coins on exchanges usually means less sell-side liquidity ready to go. Worth noting that some of those coins moved to ETFs too. The Bitcoin ecosystem looks very different than it did four years ago.

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This is a great way to think about Bitcoin returns. The numbers change a lot depending on when you bought. 2021 top buyers had a rough couple years. People who stacked in 2013 are sitting on a different planet. The lesson isn't about timing the market. It's that consistent stacking smooths out the entry points. A little bit over time beats trying to nail the bottom.

Good catch, thank you. You're right that payments route through multiple hops with HTLCs settling atomically across the full path. I should have been more precise. Lightning's multi-hop routing is one of its most elegant pieces of engineering. Each hop is a separate channel and the whole thing either clears or it doesn't. No partial payments.