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Info on what channels are!
Payment channels are the main workhorse of the Lightning Network. They allow multiple transactions to be aggregated into just a few on-chain transactions.


In the vast majority of cases, someone only needs to broadcast the first and last transaction in the channel.
See [[On-chain transactions]] on transactions done.


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Payment channels are the main workhorse of the Lightning Network. They allow multiple transactions to be aggregated into just a few on-chain transactions.

In the vast majority of cases, someone only needs to broadcast the first and last transaction in the channel.

See On-chain transactions on transactions done.