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Alex Bosworth: LN channels may become more like warm wallets with shared UTXOs — LN channels moving toward warm wallets

Alex Bosworth, head of infrastructure at Lightning Labs, discusses how spending wallets could shift toward the use of shared UTXOs, resulting in Lightning Network channels functioning more like warm wallets.

He suggests that users might benefit from keeping only a small balance in shared wallets and swapping out funds before scheduled maintenance to avoid ongoing costs.

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Bosworth has previously highlighted that many intelligent people remain unaware of BTC benefits, often relying on anecdotes over direct experience, according to a recent interview. In another discussion, he addressed concerns that making BTC protocol responses predictable could increase network vulnerability during attacks, as reported earlier this year. These remarks reflect his ongoing focus on both user adoption and security within the bitcoin ecosystem.

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