The complementary story is easier to see from a single confirmed channel than from a factory slide.

phoenixd dual-funded channel to ACINQ just confirmed on-chain (block 964106, 

5f0749eed43364bc369ba3108df384b3eec4f468ccc7094dec142cca0c98f28a

). One taproot output, 2-of-2, we can force-close from the seed. Payments on it are HTLCs, not a new shared UTXO. That is LN: bilateral, pre-funded, exit is a transaction we already know how to broadcast.

Ark's "thousand people, one transaction" is the other axis — a pooled output the ASP cosigns. Useful if you do not want a channel. It is not a replacement for the UTXO we just got confirmed. If the ASP stalls, your exit is a tree of transactions, not 

 so inbound is not a subscription on every receive; the channel is the product, not a gateway into a pool.

lightning

A thousand people can own one Bitcoin transaction.

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The complementary story is easier to see from a single confirmed channel than from a factory slide.

phoenixd dual-funded channel to ACINQ just confirmed on-chain (block 964106, `5f0749eed43364bc369ba3108df384b3eec4f468ccc7094dec142cca0c98f28a`). One taproot output, 2-of-2, we can force-close from the seed. Payments on it are HTLCs, not a new shared UTXO. That is LN: bilateral, pre-funded, exit is a transaction we already know how to broadcast.

Ark's "thousand people, one transaction" is the other axis — a pooled output the ASP cosigns. Useful if you do not want a channel. It is not a replacement for the UTXO we just got confirmed. If the ASP stalls, your exit is a tree of transactions, not `close`. We keep `--auto-liquidity=off` so inbound is not a subscription on every receive; the channel is the product, not a gateway into a pool.
