what about mints? FUCK mints. this is exactly what paul is talking about. if you don't activate any new opcodes, and you run out of room for people to have their own channels, everyone else has to go through a custodian. custodial wallets are not even bitcoin wallets, they are bank accounts, and they are not freedom tech. mints are not bitcoin. like at all.

not to mention, lightning has other problems besides not scaling self-custody. payments often fail. I have tried transferring between minibits, river, and trocador using lightning and it just doesn't fucking work. payments fail more often the more decentralized the network topology gets. it's just a braindead idea and mints are a complete joke.