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 So a mint and a channel are the same or very similar 
 No. Look at a mint more like a pocket of sats inside a LN server/channel. They can move around in the pocket infinitely without changing channel inbound/outbound liquidity, and they can get cashed out via the channel when needed. Current Lightning custodians also have multiple users in a server/channel, but sometimes fees are still there even if low, and there are privacy implications.