Boltz on Nostr: > Offers could have an expiration timestamp Easier said than done. Ultimately it ...
> Offers could have an expiration timestamp
Easier said than done. Ultimately it boils down to that you can't enforce super short timeouts on Lightning thus it needs some external reputation or punishment system to avoid exploitation of the Free Option. Nothing of the sort was ever implemented afaik, hence still unsolved. More: https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/the-problem-with-free-options-69f9f59a2d48
> Do you know why Boltz has minimums? That's annoying
Because spending tiny UTXOs is not economical in many cases. Due to an upcoming major network upgrade on Liquid things will change though and we'll be able to lower limits for Liquid soon.
Easier said than done. Ultimately it boils down to that you can't enforce super short timeouts on Lightning thus it needs some external reputation or punishment system to avoid exploitation of the Free Option. Nothing of the sort was ever implemented afaik, hence still unsolved. More: https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/the-problem-with-free-options-69f9f59a2d48
> Do you know why Boltz has minimums? That's annoying
Because spending tiny UTXOs is not economical in many cases. Due to an upcoming major network upgrade on Liquid things will change though and we'll be able to lower limits for Liquid soon.