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?