devs understated the technical debts on the pitches to get the projects funded, and now it's being acknowledged that a core design feature of lightning (channels) pushes the use cases at scale into custodial systems.

Non-custodial Lightning requires channel opens and closes that needs large amounts of tied up Bitcoin, at a certain rate, limits the upward growth. And places undue pressure on-chain.

Your cold stored sats are safe and sound - your zap wallet sits on a rug until further notice...

TLDR: Sovereign Lightning use cases are "Prohibitively capital intensive".

A lawnmover engine in a Ferrari body.

80 IQ ponderings - please drink responsibly.

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