Lightning-the torch made it to Iran, despite sanctions and government censorship
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This year cryptologist actively discusses the topic of Lightning Network. The comic flash mob with the passing of the baton in the form of Lightning-payment received absolutely unexpected . Now the torch is rapidly walking around the world. He overcame another milestone — got to Iran. It happened a few days after the initiative was faced with accusations of censorship from its inhabitants.
The Baton in Iran has received the Executive Director Coinex Zia Sadr. In turn, he offered to continue to support the trend of opposition to censorship, and suggested that the company Tor to send him, invoic. According to Vijay Boyapati from Peach Inc, «sad when two innocent people can not operate due to the fact that their governments are not friends».
LANG was faced with a serious problem after one of the participants refused to send the transaction to Iran. This situation is directly contrary to the original purpose of the Lightning Network is to provide unlimited and fully decentralized system of calculation .
According to the official website of the Torch, the transfer of the payment contributed by a user from the UK under the name Bitgeiniog after taking over from Bitcoin Magazine. The news triggered a wave of positive reaction, because the LN still managed to overcome the problem of censorship.
At this point successfully passed another Iranian named Zia.
The events of last week indicate the viability of the network Lightning Network. It allows you to take advantage of transparent and decentralized system of transfers across the world despite government restrictions. More data to search for .
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