They dropped Bitcoin because transaction fees are really high, and the bitcoin core team has no intention of solving the problem.
Maybe in 18 months, when the mythical lightning network gets released they will add it back. But not now.
Maybe in 18 months, when the mythical lightning network gets released they will add it back. But not now.
I was starting to grow pretty concerned but clearly segwit and LN have made enough progress that fees have dropped to ~10sat/byte. [1] That is dirt cheap.
main reason for the drop imo is the end of the hype cycle: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin
Edit: typo
> but it's just a test version so it could easily break.
> There’s no mainnet wallets available for regular users, but you can try testnet.
> This is all a work in progress,
Somewhere in a lab on this planet they might have a flying car, that doesn't mean you can use one any time soon.
When the actual devs tell me not to use a buggy, in working, piece of software, I am going to listen to them.