Fedimints/ARKs/Trusted Providers.

The only way to scale to 8B+ is via trust. The base layer can’t handle it even with secondaries on top. You’re going to need third layers with trusted humans in the loop (federations to minimise trust is best)

The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can all pull in the same direction.

#Bitcoin can’t fit everyone on the base layer, it doesn’t need everyone on Lightning, it could never achieve either. But it can scale with humans if the systems are designed with the correct incentive alignment.

It’s not what purists want to hear, but it’s reality and we need to accept it for what it is.