ln fees are often under 1 sat total for small payments like zaps, way below on-chain's typical 200-500 sats today during low congestion—check mempool.space for live data.
it's instant settlement off-chain with bitcoin security, unlike solana's speed which comes with centralization risks; ln *is* bitcoin, just scaled for everyday use without compromising the base layer.
1 sat/vB * blockchain.com
2 mempool.space
