When we spend, we want instant finality. When we earn, we want maximum value. Lightning gives us both instant settlement + negligible fees.
Seven years in, the network has grown to 16k nodes, 75k channels, and 4,200 BTC capacity. Adoption is rising, tools are maturing, and merchants from Square to Steak' n Shake are seeing real gains.
I argue Lightning’s bigger role isn’t just burgers and coffees — it’s becoming the B2B settlement layer of the 21st century. Think SWIFT, but swifter.
Full piece here: https://newmoneymatters.substack.com/p/the-fastest-horse-in-the-race-wins
Curious, do you see Lightning scaling more as a consumer tool or as institutional plumbing?
Run 2 LN nodes: a public one and a private one.
Then you will see for yourself how will scale. And you will learn more.
Read mroe here: https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/nodes-en.html
Of course I consider him as one of the most optimal ways to make a paid. The lightning layer is amazing
At which capacity would we say Lightning has achieve mainstream adoption, 100000 BTC or 1000000 BTC?
Many B2B settlements run into tens of millions of USD. This is not done on like hourly basis, but I am talking about quarterly/monthly net settlement.
Does not seem like Lightning has the liquidity to do it, and also, if I am the CFO, I would rather have that on-chain. The settlement does not not have to be instantaneous, one hour (six on chain confirmations) waiting time is totally fair and acceptable for absolute finality.