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Eltoo:: A proposed channel mechanism that uses input-rebinding to significantly simplify the operation of payment channels and remove the need for the penalty mechanism. It needs a new Bitcoin signature type before it can be implemented
==== Opt-in End-To-End Features
==== Opt-In End-to-End Features
Point Time-Locked Contracts (PTLCs):: A different approach to HTLCs, PTLCs can increase privacy, reduce information leaked to intermediary nodes and operate more efficiently than HTLC-based channels.
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Onion routed message services:: The onion routing mechanism, and the underlying public key databse of nodes can be used to send data that is unrelated to payments, such as text messages or forum posts. The use of Lightning to enable paid messaging as a solution to spam posts and sybil attacks (spam) is another innovation that was implemented independently of the core protocol.
[[lapps]]
=== Lightning Applications (Lapps)
=== Lightning Applications (LApps)
While still in their infancy, we are already seeing the emergence of interesting Lightning Applications. Broadly defined as an application that uses the Lightning Protocol or a Lightning client as a component, LApps are the application layer of Lightning. LApps are being built for simple games, messaging applications, micro-services, payable-APIs, paid dispensers (eg. fuel pumps), derivative trading systems, and much more.

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