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I would certainly like to see lightning on monero and I think I know a way to do it, though it's not pretty -- you'd have to make a bunch of presigned transactions for every block a txo "might" get mined in at an unknown point in the future.

But bitcoin is the better blockchain to build lightning because of its small block size. That's the only way I think is sensible for keeping a blockchain decentralized. Monero is garbage money because it is centrally controlled and designed to centralize further as usage increases. Blocks get bigger -> nodes get harder/more expensive to run -> regular folks stop doing it -> the rich control the network

Bitcoin is designed to last. Monero is designed to die fast.
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Saberhagen The Nameless 8mo ago

FCMP brings transaction chaining, but I've seen ZK Rollup schemes being discussed. Too early to tell what is going to happen.

I could argue Bitcoin has been too conservative. Bandwidth, hard drive capacity, and affordability have all dramatically increased since the creation of Bitcoin. I see China is now improving their internet infrastructure for 10Gbps bandwidth now.

small fixed blocks and increasing adoption mean -> only rich will be able to afford on-chain transactions or to enforce their LN channels -> no incentive for most users to run a node if they can't use the chain -> rich control the network

Tens of millions of Bitcoin users and only ~60k nodes. Not even a fraction of one percent are running their own node. So much for small blocks.

I guess time will tell

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/worlds-first-10g-broadband-network-launched-in-china-how-fast-is-10g/articleshow/120485407.cms

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