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No, @brianoflondon, the creator, spun up a Lightning node so we can go from HIVE to Lightning and back, seamlessly.
If you hold $HIVE, you can pay a Lightning invoice.
If the other party holds Lighting, you can generate a Lightning invoice and receive $HIVE in your wallet. It's quite amazing.

wow, that's great, because it gives the possibility of receiving payments in lightning, that's very amazing.

Thank you very much for clarifying this for me Alex.

Gracias mi amigo!