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However there is the risk of paying fees when opening a channel.
However there is the risk of paying fees when opening a channel.
Any risk should come with a potential reward.
Any risk should come with a potential reward.
In our case the reward is that she can send and receive payments of bitcoin on the Lightning Network at any time and that she can earn bitcoin by forwarding other payments.
In our case the reward is that she can send and receive payments of bitcoin on the Lightning Network at any time and that she can earn bitcoin by forwarding other payments.
Alice decides that the reward is enough for her to take the risk of the fees.
Alice decides that the reward is enough for her to take on the fee risk.
As Bob can directly close the channel which costs fees paid by Alice she will have to have a little trust in Bob.
Since Bob can directly close the channel, which costs fees paid by Alice, she will need to have a little trust in Bob.