| Wow, I guess it's dead then /s It's an evolving software still in pre-alpha state. But the core idea is solid and if you follow the development you'll see the strides of progress that is being done on all fronts. To your points. 1. Depending on the options you set to your channels, you could have a window of days (or anything the two parties agree to), to act in case the other party tries to broadcast outdated TXs i.e. steal funds.
Also you don't need to have a computer constantly online, you can offload the task to Watchtowers, software dedicated to do that for multiple users concurrently. (You also can have multiple Watchtowers as backups). Also, I imagine it could even be a mobile app. So this is a non-issue. 2. Routing will keep being improved but it's already pretty good and the way you present it screams FUD. 3. Currently crazy low fees aside, LN basically enables the multiplication of on-chain TXs population. I think your assumption is that the retailer will close and reopen a channel for every LN payment they receive which it makes no sense whatsoever from any point of view. 4. If by huge you mean $100 of which the fee is $0.5, sure.
You can add any amount you want on an LN channel. Basically it's like a hot-wallet, e.x you can add $1500 for $0.5 fee, and casually spend it for coffees and other small expenses with lower TX fees than a satoshi (since LN supports fees at the millisatoshi = 1/1000 satoshi level). P.S: This FUD-wave is pretty pitiful, at least get some real arguments. I hope even more people start to recognize that a lot of people have incentives to attack new tech in order to push their narratives for their altcoins or w/e. |
Now imagine a start-up in this state was hocking shares to college students and grandmas at a $140 billion valuation.