From 846a14d62ed18fd1d1d165bac779d52db67366e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andreas M. Antonopoulos" Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:00:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes to edit review --- 03_how_ln_works.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc b/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc index dfad1f5..f4ddc85 100644 --- a/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc +++ b/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ Both Bitcoin transactions and Lightning payments are irreversible and immutable. ==== Trust and counterparty risk Just as Bitcoin, Lightning requires the user only to trust mathematics, encryption, and that the software does not have any critical bugs. Neither Bitcoin nor Lightning require the user to trust a person, a company, an institution, or a government. -Since Lightning sits on top of Bitcoin and relies on Bitcoin as its underlying base layer, it is clear that the security model of Lightning reduces to the security of Bitcoin. +Since Lightning sits on top of Bitcoin and relies on Bitcoin as its underlying base layer, it is clear that the security model of Lightning reduces to the security of Bitcoin. This means that Lightning offers broadly the same security as Bitcoin under most circumstances, with only a slight reduction in security under some narrow circumstances. ==== Permissionless operation