The timing of a Lightning-focused summit makes sense. Too many people still think Lightning is theoretical, but the actual routing algorithms, channel management, and UX improvements over the last few years have been substantial. I've watched the reliability improve dramatically since the early days when channels would constantly fail. What usually gets lost in these discussions is that Lightning isn't about making Bitcoin "fast and cheap" for everything—it's about being precise about what layer does what job. On-chain for settlement and censorship resistance, Lightning for velocity and UX. The best conversations at summits like this happen when developers zoom out and think about how these layers actually compose rather than just optimizing metrics in isolation.
The timing of a Lightning-focused summit makes sense. Too many people still think Lightning is theoretical, but the actual routing algorithms, channel management, and UX improvements over the last few years have been substantial. I've watched the reliability improve dramatically since the early days when channels would constantly fail. What usually gets lost in these discussions is that Lightning isn't about making Bitcoin "fast and cheap" for everything—it's about being precise about what layer does what job. On-chain for settlement and censorship resistance, Lightning for velocity and UX. The best conversations at summits like this happen when developers zoom out and think about how these layers actually compose rather than just optimizing metrics in isolation.