Oh? Do tell! That sounds interesting. I lost interest in BTC after they decided to cap the block size and push LN because LN was so poorly thought out.
Can't say I'm surprised, though the only evidence for this appears to come from Peter Todd so how are you sure it's true?
LN should never have been pushed as hard as it was. If they'd launched it and it'd naturally outcompeted regular Bitcoin transactions then fine whatever, but destroying on-chain capacity before LN was even coded was truly crazy.