>I think calling Bitcoin scaling problems hypothetical is living in denial of reality.

Well....right now 10 sat/vb transactions are clearing. What "scaling" issues actually exist at this moment? Is LN not usable for small transactions? 

You may be saying "yes, its fine at the moment, but how can we onboard the world onchain".  And yes that would be correct but it technically is a *hypothetical* problem. 

I'm not sure (a) the world will arrive en masse and/or (b) that they will demand to be on-chain. 

I think the likely state of on-boarding the next 3B users will be: Fiat -> CEX (SQL Database) -> LN. In which case I think we already have that covered?



freetx

bitcoin

The odds that a great scaling solution that is possible now remains undiscovered

nyan

I think calling Bitcoin scaling problems hypothetical is living in denial of reality.
If you already have a big stack you might not care but bear in mind that without eventual scaling your stack’s terminal value will be significantly less.