You have to pre-setup a connection to others that you know and hope they know someone that knows someone that has a connection to the person you are trying to buy from.
This is how the design of lightning network incentivises mega hubs that know most people. So if facebook made a big hub with all its users it would work smoothly.
Also: You can not receive payments if the computer/wallet that hosts your lightning node is not online. Not super smooth.
This is how the design of lightning network incentivises mega hubs that know most people. So if facebook made a big hub with all its users it would work smoothly.
Also: You can not receive payments if the computer/wallet that hosts your lightning node is not online. Not super smooth.