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Title: What is the expected impact of Atomic Swaps on the crypto ecosystem?
Post by: cupronickel on December 14, 2017, 10:21:02 AM
I've been a Bitcoin maximalist for a while now, but Atomic Swaps may change my mind. I previously thought there was really only room for one network protocol in the space, and that would be the bitcoin protocol for a variety of reasons.

The current AS use case often quoted seems to be all about disintermediating crypto exchanges, but I think it may well go much further than that. If technology like Atomic Swaps allows frictionless interaction between chains, does that mean the future for other crypto is now a lot brighter and I should stop being a BTC maximalist?


Title: Re: What is the expected impact of Atomic Swaps on the crypto ecosystem?
Post by: mda on December 14, 2017, 02:51:20 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2381234.0


Title: Re: What is the expected impact of Atomic Swaps on the crypto ecosystem?
Post by: cupronickel on December 14, 2017, 03:16:39 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2381234.0

Thanks, but that really doesn't go into what I expressed in my o/p