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by derethanhausen 1932 days ago
This is just whataboutism. Gold isn't used as a currency. Seems a stretch to claim the armies exist solely for the USD. And until the Lightning Network is actually implemented it will remain theoretical.
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Erlich_Bachman 1932 days ago
Not sure where you get your news but LN is implemented and functional. There are wallets, services, software, etc, downloadable, functional, used every day. If what you mean to say "get all the marchants that support BTC to accept LN", then yes, there is still some progress needs to be done.
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user-the-name 1932 days ago
The LN is not functional. It does not have an implementation of routing that scales. Nobody knows how to make an implementation of routing that scales.

If LN ever sees anything more than toy usage, it will fall over instantly, and become unusable.

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UncleMeat 1932 days ago
> there is still some progress needs to be done

That's an understatement. There are two restaurants within 100 miles of my home that accept BTC, let alone use LN.

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