First up, not a bitcoin maximalist. In fact , although I tried to run a node in 2013, I didn't go long until last Fall. I was OUT because BTC simply wasn't workable money. Too slow. Too expensive on fees. LN made it workable in theory, and by late last year had got the kind of traction that suggested it would get more. So I bought BTC.
LN works because it's fast and cheap, but, and this is the most important, it has user base. It's a network effect.
LN insecure? Doesn't matter, it;'s good enough. I only keep casual wallet cash amounts in LN.
I'm using LN every day. It works fine.
BTC/LN is GOOD ENOUGH. You want Nano to win, you need to show me that other people will take Nano. That isn't a me problem. Because I don't care about Nano, I simply care about usable, accepted, money.
Ian "nostr.naut.social" D /
npub1c7…uekjd
2023-02-24 23:20:59
in reply to nevent1q…ejf4
Author Public Key
npub1c7pcs9szs87f3ur6ygddu8wsgun40tl9ffas4envqtpkjvye4l5qyuekjdSeen on
wss://relay.noswhere.comPublished at
2023-02-24 23:20:59Event JSON
{
"id": "70630d7a143ff467abbd00965e48b4c52fcf884b6dc014663354e29b7676a728",
"pubkey": "c78388160281fc98f07a221ade1dd0472757afe54a7b0ae66c02c3693099afe8",
"created_at": 1677277259,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"0d01e2c9fe74331f569f806b3ea1bc32759ef76a1e25ab07c042272d9a050534",
"wss://relay.damus.io",
"root"
],
[
"p",
"afc93622eb4d79c0fb75e56e0c14553f7214b0a466abeba14cb38968c6755e6a"
],
[
"e",
"7928bb399f3c88c4863ff026f688a4fd742a02451f75b6030d0e6aa577fccca5",
"wss://relay.damus.io",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"afc93622eb4d79c0fb75e56e0c14553f7214b0a466abeba14cb38968c6755e6a"
]
],
"content": "First up, not a bitcoin maximalist. In fact , although I tried to run a node in 2013, I didn't go long until last Fall. I was OUT because BTC simply wasn't workable money. Too slow. Too expensive on fees. LN made it workable in theory, and by late last year had got the kind of traction that suggested it would get more. So I bought BTC.\n\nLN works because it's fast and cheap, but, and this is the most important, it has user base. It's a network effect.\n\nLN insecure? Doesn't matter, it;'s good enough. I only keep casual wallet cash amounts in LN. \n\nI'm using LN every day. It works fine. \n\nBTC/LN is GOOD ENOUGH. You want Nano to win, you need to show me that other people will take Nano. That isn't a me problem. Because I don't care about Nano, I simply care about usable, accepted, money.",
"sig": "1c1babc9971d08a88d247c57ead317dd84f5fb39a5cd484c4159c804a0f8b1057dcf72c29518794d7ee9802d4c5dbe2b8a8280cc6e34f5c3f4b18188485744b7"
}