Not medical advice: Bitcoiner implants Lightning chip to make BTC payments by hand By Cointelegraph

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The Lightning Network continues to shock the (BTC) community. A swiss IT Professional called F418 (not his real name) surgically implanted a Lightning-enabled chip into his right hand to make Lightning Network (LN) payments.

An X-Ray image of the chip implanted into F418’s hand. Source: Youtube

Speaking with Cointelegraph, F418 said he experimented with body modification and LN payments for fun. He does not recommend that Bitcoin enthusiasts take the layer-2 payments network, the LN, into their own hands as he did. “The use is just to show that it is possible and you can do stuff like that.” He added that most people carry cards, it’s just his hand has the wow factor:

F418 taps his hand on the back of his phone to pay for two beers and some crisps. Source: Youtube
F148 shows the tiny raised insert of the chip to Cointelegraph during a call. Source: Google (NASDAQ:) Meet