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404 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 25 Sep \ parent \ on: FiatJaf on Lighting - I Fell Out Of Love With Bitcoin Lightning lightning

We all want a scapegoat for why noncustodial MoE hasn't taken off and lightning is easy to blame.

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140 sats \ 3 replies \ @billytheked 25 Sep

Is LN living up to its promise for you?

Me, I didn't have huge expectations for it, maybe because I came into it late, but I'm still prerty geeked on it as a user.

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105 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 25 Sep

Not fully. The ecosystem got distracted away from encouraging node running and solving pleb problems by stablecoins and suit problems, trying to appeal to nocoiners. ie they went upmarket way too fast.

It lost momentum.

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113 sats \ 1 reply \ @billytheked 26 Sep
ie they went upmarket way too fast.

It kinda feels like they were lured in by promises of sick gains.

Do you see developers continuing to lose interest in working on it?

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141 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 26 Sep
Do you see developers continuing to lose interest in working on it?

No. I think this kind of sentiment is a bottom signal. Fiat money will continue sucking faster and faster, and people will start using alternatives and lightning is awesome. It's still very complicated, but will continue getting less so.

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