Going to be a bit controversial in this article. But I argue that system design decisions set up constraints that define the system's outcomes and behaviors. In my view, the decision to have an inelastic supply forces those cryptos (including Bitcoin) to be a Store-of-Value asset and cannot become a widely adopted Medium-of-Exchange.
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Storing value of what? Fiat? LN is working pretty well and the adoption will occur and people stop looking for saving their shit paper value and become more responsible for their own money.
Store of value of future purchasing/consumption of goods and services. Leave any other currency out of the equation.
To press on my point, people keep making fun of the Bitcoin Pizza guy. That shows the incentive is not to use it but to hodl it. Nothing wrong with that, but that will drive other competing currencies to be used as MoE more than Bitcoin.
LN is a pain to work with, and I'm saying that as someone that uses it and runs a public node. I would say that for over 99% of the people they would need to rely in a custodial service to use it.