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I am tired of Bitcoiners who are all talk and no walk.
'Oh its too hard to use LN...I will use sats because its easier.'
LN will only grow stronger if we use it and support it.
Everytime I zap post or comment I support the network with fees paid.
Big mouthed Hypocrits like @DarthCoin do not.
I think you should address the issues raised rather than seeking to attack or undermine the messenger.
Yes @DarthCoin has written a lot about LN, but he is doing nothing about actually using it here on this platform where he spouts all his BTC Maxi self claims of 'living on the bitcoin standard'.
He has considerable status and many look up to him and the image he has projected...and so him boycotting the use of the LN BTC P2P system that has been built on here is a serious issue...some are following that example like sheep degrading and undermining the entire project.
SNs has been built in order to enable LN sats denominated P2P V4V community and @Darthcoin is openly boycotting participation in that project.
It is a vast and gross hypocrisy.
You leap to his defense like some minor public service minion desperate to impress his alleged superiors. You are not a free thinking Bitcoiner but a group think cuck apologist desperate to conform and kowtowing to the bully hypocrit @DarthCoin.
Stacker news is still very small but as the only social media platform I can zap P2P sats and enjoy numerous viewpoints and news it is important to me and I resent big mouthed and blatant hypocrits like @DarthCoin and his sock puppet minions degrading its integrity.
LOL OK I understand where you are coming from.
Let me just say this though... if this is how you feel about the folks on Stacker News...
How do you feel about the real sock-puppets on Twitter? Does Twitter use any Lightning? No I don't think so.
One day eventually Lightning will be everywhere on the internet.
See my first post from August 2024, it wasn't that long ago... but it feels like a lifetime with how much I've learned. Just think of where we'll be in 5 - 10 years.
I do not use any other social media.
Only SNs.
The V4V aspect of it works to limit the spam and bullshit.
The P2P sats capable nature of it makes me want to use it and only it.
X and all other social media? I do not want them or need them.
There is absolutely zero guarantee that LN will one day proliferate.
ZERO.
It will only grow if we use it and there are still fuck all places we can use it.
Stacker News is one of the very few places we can use LN everyday...so lets use it!
SNs is an ideal platform for ironing out many of the bugs that remain in LN.
It is a work in progress where we can all contribute to and help grow the strength of the LN.
@DarthCoin for all his BullShit claims of 'living on the bitcoin standard' refuses to use sats here- he is a hypocrit as is any one calling themselves a serious Bitcoiner but cannot bother attaching LN wallet/s.
If we do not there is every chance in another 5-10 years that the project of a P2P payments protocol will have failed.
I'm right there with you, I am amazed at how far Lightning has come and all the cool stuff it enables, even if it's a little bit buggy/frustrating at times.
The biggest thing Lightning is missing today is education. The "shitcoiners" the "degens" the "crypto" nonsense has tremendously slowed Bitcoin's adoption, especially when people buy Bitcoin because of NgU not because of curiosity or technical competence or value.
That's what the bear markets do - they wash out all the tourists and IMO we are speed-running year 4 of "the cycle".
In the meantime we need a lot more education but it will take time and be gradual.
I can personally attest to lots of different businesses that now accept Bitcoin that didn't several years ago. Its extremely niche but you can actually use Lightning in the 'real world' which didn't exist 5 years ago.
BTC/LN will not succeed if too many talk the talk but do not even bother attaching a gun.
You excuses for not doing so are unconvincing.
LN will only succeed if all the hopium talk is matched with actions and courage.
Not attaching a gun is a strong indicator of cowardice, hypocrisy and arsemilking.
If I have zero CCs/Sats in my Stacker News "wallet" (which I do, I have zero).
How am I paying to post comment or zap other users???
No doubt you use the QR code, as I do if when there is occasionally a glitch with SN/coinos attached wallet.
The point is why not just attach a wallet and show your gun with pride, rather than hiding your LN use like a coward?
No, dude. I copy and paste the invoice into CoinOS and pay it there. It takes like 1-2 seconds.
CoinOS automatically recognizes what to pay how much and the routing fees... it's great. Don't... make assumptions. OK?
I think... you should relax a little, OK?
Also look at the big picture.
You can see many of my posts that actively advocate for Lightning adoption, I have tested it and although a little buggy it works.
@DarthCoin for all his faults has spent years writing guides on Lightning and how to use Lightning wallets - his guides make Lightning easier to use, OK?
Everyone here should be using Lightning, and one day we all will be using it but right now frankly whether we tip in sats or not...
There are a lot of other things going on in the world. Stacker News is still very small in the big scheme of things.