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by gruez 3109 days ago
>Technology is still not there yet. There's no scaling solution anywhere in sight.

lightning network?
1 comments
astrodust 3109 days ago
The what what? This whitepaper? https://lightning.network/#intro

Show me some working software or this is all hand-waving bullshit. That thing's dated 2015, so where's it at?

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ric2b 3109 days ago
> Show me some working software or this is all hand-waving bullshit.

You're in luck:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.acinq.eclai...

https://medium.com/@lightning_network/lightning-protocol-1-0...

There are currently 3 implementations by different teams being tested, all compatible with each-other and open-source.

No, it's not production ready, there are still plenty of bugs and missing features but it's close and you can go test it right now on testnet if you want to.

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astrodust 3108 days ago
> ...there are still plenty of bugs...

Yeah, well, that sounds like incomplete to me. Will it beat GNU Hurd to market?

Perl 6 shipped so anything's possible.

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ric2b 3107 days ago
You're shifting the goal-posts, there is working software and it's clearly not "hand-waving bullshit". It needs testing (which you can help with, it's all open) and improvements but it's definitely not vapor-ware.
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astrodust 3106 days ago
A potential solution is a lot different from an actual, working, trusted solution.

Elon Musk has plans to land people on Mars. He hasn't landed people on Mars.

If and when it goes live, sure, you've got a point. Until then it's just speculative.

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