THELOGICALINDIAN - On a adventure to accession abundant money to buy himself a Nintendo Switch 9year old Dennis takes advantage of the Lightning Network to advertise his art masterpieces
9-Year Old Sells Sketches for Satoshis
A simple, WordPress-powered website alleged Lightning Pictures is affairs different sketches to anyone about the world.
While the aloft ability not complete impressive, the actuality that the artisan abaft the accomplished affair is a 9-year old boy alleged Dennis, absolutely is.
And what Dennis loves to do, according to his own website is “drawing, computer games, and accomplishing bitcoin being with dad.”
Apparently, the little adolescent absolutely wants to buy a Nintendo Switch. The console, however, retails for about $300 and Dennis’ dad has told him that he has to acquire the money himself.
And back Dennis loves painting, what bigger way to acquire some money than to advertise some unique, custom-built sketches.
Elaborately, the kid is affairs two types of sketches. The aboriginal one is a quick account and it alone costs a dollar.
The additional one is Dennis’ exceptional agent – the Awesome sketch.
“You appetite a actively alarming picture?” Denis asks. If you do, you’d accept to pay $10 for it. Pictures are beatific on email or through the approved column but the almsman pays for shipping.
Payments are fabricated application OpenNode and all of it is fabricated accessible by Bitcoin’s second-layer – the Lightning Network.
Another Seriously Cool Example of LN Use Case
Dennis’ adventure to accession money for his Nintendo Switch is aloof addition actual absorbing archetype of LN’s use case. But it’s absolutely not the alone one.
In backward 2018, Bitcoinist reported that an artisan has managed to bargain off a tiny allotment of art to the everyman applicant in adjustment to affectation the micropayment capabilities of the Lightning Network.
Amazingly, the allotment awash out for aloof 1 milli-satoshi or $0.000000037.
As bodies activate to ascertain newer means to accomplish use of Bitcoin’s additional band advised for cheaper and faster online payments, Lightning Network has already reached a accommodation upwards of 710 BTC.
The cardinal of nodes has been aggressive rapidly currently at 6,481, while the cardinal of alive channels is now over 29,000 with over $2.8 actor in accommodation at accepted bazaar prices.
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