(b) The duties of the Finance Officer shall be: (i)
Take custody of all funds accruing to the Division and make disbursements on accounts payable, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.
«It's an important building block for a future where you can exchange crypto assets without having to go through an entity that
holds custody of the funds,» Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark told IBT.
Lightning is a tool that can enable the best of both worlds — a great customer experience (both fast and cheap), but also
trustless custody of funds.
The Lightning Network is a decentralized system for instant, high - volume micropayments that removes the risk of
delegating custody of funds to trusted third parties.
I'll restate that we never
take custody of the funds, but rather wait for them to clear your tenant's account before we initiate a deposit.
It's my understanding that
custody of funds would still be maintained by the user, but since only a fraction of the overall transactions would need to be settled on the blockchain, the cost of individual user transactions could be significantly reduced.
Well, like all things blockchain, these features will find their efficiency through any agency that stands to gain from the regulatory benefits of not having
custody of funds.