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btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

"Why aren't more people running their own Lightning nodes?"

Skill issues, fear of losing funds, receiving on LN is actually effortless even without a node so there seems to be no actual reason to do so.

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

"It's not the best idea to onboard someone to Bitcoin with self-custodial Lightning solutions, costs are high and UX is not good enough", according to Calle.

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

"People just expect to receive money, they do not want to go through liquidity and other stuff." - Shinobi

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

Graduated wallet seems to be a good UX solution, helping people building their Bitcoin knowledge step-by-step.

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

"Is Lightning the end? It's a mean to an end" - Alex

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

Lightning has a tendency to centralization, just like the internet, due to efficiency gains.

However, anyone can join the network on the same level as the others, contrary to the internet, which is more gated.

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

The important part is to build privacy feature as soon as possible, and don't leave them for the future. We may not be able to build them later. - Evan

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

"Is the world relying too much on Tor for privacy? Aboslutely!" - Alex

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

Lightning seems not to be the best way to incentives systems like Tor or similar, since it is very good when it works, but it is really bad when it does not. - Calle

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

Is the current low fee environment a sign of little demand for Bitcoin transactions or it is a hint on the fact that Lightning is scaling it? - Walton

btc_insider_edition 3mo ago

How much of the growth of LN will be driven by other layers (cashu, ark, etc.) and how much to assets built on it?

Tx volume of stablecoins is way higher than the one of Bitcoin, so it probably will be the second.