[KirinDave]

I've read it, but my concern with this approach is it actually slows bitcoin down substantally. Bitcoin already can't scale, and moving transactions off-chain to Lightning doesn't really address this concern. What's more, the slower the basis blockchain gets, the more prone Lightning networks are to malicious actors.

[brian_cloutier]

I'll admit I haven't read it for a few months, but I don't remember anything which would cause Bitcoin to slow down. What do you mean?

It does require a larger block header and more network traffic but Bitcoin's scalability is currently limited by politics, not network bandwidth.