Lightning is solving scalability and it is fungible more and more everyday with adoption. You can swap it for any other asset with ease already. These problems are already solvable by changing nothing to the network. If #drivechain is really such a good idea. The motivation would be there to fork #bitcoin and run it.
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Lightning gets an honorable mention for sure, but it falls to all the same criticisms levied against Drivechains. Except lightning has a few practical limitations that will prevent it from ever becoming 'money'. First of which: Bitcoin literally cannot process enough transactions to onboard the human race into the lightning network.
Lightning is awesome for what it is, but the only way it can reach global scale is with trusted centralized 'platforms' no different than fiat banks. You see it already with WalletOfSatoshi. Those of us looking to build freedom money cannot settle for a new system of trusted banks. We're trying to cut banks out of the picture and build money for the people.
BTW, I appreciate the debate. You're giving me lots to think about ❤️
thats good. thanks for not taking my opinions personally
well the current monetary framework the global is using isn't effect at processing the human populations transactions either. lightning is showing promise that it will do better. have to keep in mind, network subsidies and 100% global scalability are hurdles that are not close to being an issue yet. focusing on the background and driving into a rock in the foreground wont get someone to their destination safely.
On that point about centralizing wallet clients like "wallet of satoshi". The market is showing that people care more about ease of use then decentralization. more competitive clients that fit that need would dilute #walletofsatoshi dominance on #lightning network. keep in mind that lightning channel maintenance tools will most likely develop to a point that the average person running there own channels will find it easy. AI tools in my mind will become more of a role in this as well. when dealing with command-lines on MS-dos, it didn't seem like a personal computer was going to be something everyone was gonna adopt. But then in 1990, a client like windows helped that adoption process.