10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullcount 8 Apr \ parent \ on: Will Pleb Hobby Lightning Nodes Be Big, Profitable Enterprises In The Future? lightning
Email certainly has a financial incentive even if it's not expressed in SMTP.
99% of email servers are run by for-profit companies. Same is not true of Tor routing nodes.
So because LN has financial incentives built-in, like email, it may also go the way of email. Only faster.