there are programmatic means of off chain transactions being added into the ETH network. state channels are the most promising, imo.
are exchanged between two parties. Any party can choose at any time to broadcast the last
message to the blockchain, updating it to a state representative of the sum of all exchanges
between the two parties.
State channels are an important technique for allowing some blockchain operations to be
conducted off of the blockchain, while retaining or even improving the underlying security
guarantees that a blockchain offers.
Raiden and Plasma also address this.
Thanks! Ive read Raiden Networks 101 twice now and really need to read it 2 more times to fully understand how the Lifecycle of a Raiden channel works before I can even start asking more questions!