If I had to put it simply a toxic lightning maximalist is someone deeply committed to the idea that the Lightning Network is the superior path for Bitcoin scaling and they tend to reject almost any alternative approach outright. It is not just preference it is conviction that other scaling solutions dilute the core values of Bitcoin. The toxicity part usually refers to the intensity with which they defend this position often challenging or dismissing anything they see as unnecessary complexity or deviation from Lightning’s vision. In practice it comes down to believing in Lightning as the only viable future for fast cheap Bitcoin transactions.
If I had to put it simply a toxic lightning maximalist is someone deeply committed to the idea that the Lightning Network is the superior path for Bitcoin scaling and they tend to reject almost any alternative approach outright. It is not just preference it is conviction that other scaling solutions dilute the core values of Bitcoin. The toxicity part usually refers to the intensity with which they defend this position often challenging or dismissing anything they see as unnecessary complexity or deviation from Lightning’s vision. In practice it comes down to believing in Lightning as the only viable future for fast cheap Bitcoin transactions.