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121 sats \ 6 replies \ @_b_o_n_e_s_ 21 May 2023 \ on: Ark - better Lightning? bitcoin
a lot of people have a lot of time and capital invested in lightning, so I can imagine this not getting the attention and adoption it might deserve
I don't know enough about it but do love the fact that it demonstrates the beauty of open protocols and anyone can build on top of them.
look forward to seeing more
Agreed that it might not get a lot of attention. There's an awful lot of momentum on Lightning's side.
It's a very common trope that the best technology often doesn't win.
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thanks to @nout:
"So this means that each pool will be submitting ~15k vB to mempool every 10 minutes (so there's a limit for number of pools running at the same time - if my math is correct there can be AT MOST 256 pools)"
do you really think that's "best technology" ?
I'm not sure...
256 pools? and they said long time ago: "LN will be centralized"...
256 pools and we have no space for today's transactions in the block, which is fully occupied right now...
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I think 256 pools competing is plenty. Right now we have Wallet of Satoshi and Alby:-)
As long as this is open and new pools can join without any approvals (just plebs using it), I think its ok.
Also, smaller pools might find a way to join together to get in the block and compete with large pools (and increase privacy).
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implying that lightning may not be the best, it doesn't follow that this new protocol ark is
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I don't mean to imply anything, I don't know anything about ark. Just saying there's a possibility something better comes along and nobody uses it.
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yes I agree with you
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