616 sats \ 47 replies \ @kr 3 Apr \ on: Coinbase Selects Lightspark for Lightning bitcoin
wow, this is huge.
congrats to the Lightspark team, excited to see what kind of traction Lightning gets with a Coinbase integration.
It'll be interesting to see.
I'm not toooo excited... Lightning's problem is that withdrawing from an exchange already requires the in-bound liquidity, which isn't suited to the DCA model that most stackers use exchanges for. Kraken already has Lightning and I seldom use it TBH. I believe Binance does too.
I think maybe Coinbase's adoption will encourage online vendors to accept Lightning, though, which to me is a win.
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Kraken already has Lightning and I seldom use it TBH.
You do onchain withdrawals because of this inbound liquidity problem? With splicing, that shouldn't be a problem.
Additionally, there are zero fees for LN withdrawals on Kraken unlike onchain. Not sure how that works out for them.
huge for WHO? Because is not for bitcoiners...
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it’s huge for the entire Lightning ecosystem, arguably the biggest piece of good news for Lightning all year.
it’s amazing how basically every other comment on this thread is a negative one… i don’t understand how anyone could possibly interpret this as bad news.
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lol same. This is fantastic news because it means Coinbase has finally stopped wasting time "working on integrating lightning" and decided to pay someone more competent to build it for them. Great news for Coinbase users. Amazingly good news for Lightspark. Reality check for stacker news users: there are more bitcoiners on coinbase than any other service in the USA.
smdh these plebs be triflin'
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Great news for Coinbase users.
So you will still let others to use Coinbase... right
"bright" future will have Bitcoin with this "amazing" thinking.
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I don't understand how you think I, or anyone else, could stop users from using Coinbase. Do you believe in individual choice? You sound like an authoritarian.
Coinbase users hate using bitcoin because it is slow and complicated. Bitcoin has a super shitty UX. This drives people to use shitcoins and centralized platforms. I have talked to multiple people who share this opinion. Lightning makes bitcoin fast, still kind of a shitty UX tho. We'll see how Lightspark can improve on this.
This news MIGHT represent a step function improvement in the bitcoin ecosystem. If Lightspark can nail this (I think they can) it opens the floodgates to institutional lightning adoption. Big companies will start integrating lightning in big ways and we will finally start to see the beginnings of mass adoption. Take your blinders off, bro. Look at the big picture.
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Is not about to impose what to use, is about to educate the noobs and boycott these motherfuckers and not supporting the enemies of Bitcoin.
Are you blind or what?
![](https://m.stacker.news/24999)
Take your blinders off, bro. Look at the big picture.
You just sound like a dumb shitcoiner that knows nothing about Bitcoin history.
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Which part of all this you do not understand that Conbase and Lightspark are the enemies of Bitcoin?
Why do people use Coinbase when Kraken is so much cheaper?
Is it their marketing?
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It is bad... because when you play with shit... you will obtain shit.
You will see soon how "huge" will be these news...
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what are you even saying?
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Are you in Bitcoin from yersterday?
You really don't know who is Conbase and what they trying to do?
You really don't know who is LightSpark and what they are trying to do?
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Maybe they can fool some noobs that enter into Bitcoinlandia today, but not old bitcoiners.
People should stop using Coinbase at all !
I really do not understand why people still uses that trap!
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so because you don’t like Coinbase, you don’t want to let their tens of millions of customers get access to the Lightning Network?
i thought Bitcoin was supposed to be accessible to everyone… how is this not a step in the right direction?
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Good point. Everyone, no matter where they are in their journey with Bitcoin, should have every right to access lightning. Binance has integrated it much before and people loved that instantly.
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I tried LN deposits on Binance some time ago and it worked. Then I wanted to use it again and the option wasn't available.
I apologize for my old version, he is a bit outdated and not able to communicate well. Darthcoin Cash is the real Darthcoin.
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LOL you really think is about that I like or not Conbase?
Damn it, read here why #78930
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thanks for sharing that link, but you dodged my first question.
given that Coinbase already has tens of millions of customers, is it not a good thing that they will have access to Lightning?
Why the stackers are fighting on this good post?
Why don't you just take it easy and learn as much as you can.
For those who are fighting I have opened a thread here..
#493050
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Darth thinks he's God's gift to Bitcoin
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Wow great, thanks for pulling me into the discussion here!
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