163 sats \ 3 replies \ @andyleroy 29 Jul 2022 \ on: I am Alan Plus, founder of Lightning Network Plus, AMA! bitcoin
Thanks for doing an AMA! Where do you see the biggest avenues for growth of the network over the next 3 years?
Do you envision more net-new nodes? Nodes steadily increasing their capacity (with swaps)? Perhaps a higher concentration of "enterprise" (ie kraken, river, acinq) type nodes? Or other general trends in node types and adoption?
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212 sats \ 2 replies \ @BTC_LN OP 29 Jul 2022
I think the biggest growth will be with semi-custodial solutions where the user doesn't need to run a full node themselves, but also don't give up control entirely. There are many companies building different setups (ex. Breeze wallet) and I think some of them will be breakout successes. But all this relies on plebs running routing nodes to keep the network strong and decentralised. I welcome the Krakens and. Bitfinexes but we should not rely on them entirely.
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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @andyleroy 29 Jul 2022
Thanks, this makes a lot of sense. Beyond all of your insight on @tomlaies question on hyperbitcoinization & ln - are there any additional tools, platforms, yield options - (anything really) - that you think would be helpful to drive continued and additional financial incentive for the pleb type routing operators?
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300 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_LN OP 29 Jul 2022
I think we will have a significant new revenue stream from TARO. You will be able to exchange USD to SAT, and many other tokens, and node operators can facilitate these swaps for a fee.
Your avenue of thinking is very important. I will be giving it time... I have nothing more right now.
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