[whoisninja]

just curious, have you heard of lightning network ? try things out, try breez wallet. you can pay with lightning at McDonalds, Starbucks in El Salvador

rest of your claims about blockchain, privacy etc - are correct

the "Crypto" and "web3" is all scams

[defaultprimate]

LN is mathematically guaranteed to end up centralized.

[whoisninja]

how so?

also it doesn't impact Bitcoin, you can self-custody most of your wealth. Put what's needed to transact on lightning (checking account)

[defaultprimate]

https://medium.com/@jonaldfyookball/mathematical-proof-that-...

In short, if it didn't (it does), then we've proven P = NP and the very foundation of Bitcoin itself crumbles.

Self custody of bitcoin is not self custody of wealth. Not your fiat not your wealth.

[whoisninja]

when you realize this author makes money from shitcoin content:

https://news.bitcoin.com/author/jonald/

drink the kool-aid , rather than trying the software itself.

good luck

[defaultprimate]

Do you have a rebuttal of any substance or just personal attacks on the author?

The irony of a bitcoiner accusing someone else of drinking the Kool aid. Lots of people participated and made money in Madoff's scheme for decades too.

[kayamon]

https://murchandamus.medium.com/i-have-just-read-jonald-fyoo...

[whoisninja]

fyi before downvoting: this article's author works at bitcoin.com which is run by Bitcoin-cash people, it was an attack on Bitcoin that failed

read the book: the blocksize wars

[988747]

It is a logical fallacy to focus on who the author is. You either can point out where the error in his reasoning is, or not. Because it sounded pretty convincing to me: to participate in routing a payment you need to have at least the paid amount tied in the lightning network, which favors people with a lot of spare cash, who can have more channels open, and process more payments.