lots of negativity here. i think it's a cool idea, and i hope he runs with this. if you're problem with bitcoin is "it's not quite perfect enough" then that's a bad reason to not attempt this

it has obvious benefits (and some cons) over the bolivar or a foreign fiat currency, but ya know, baby with the bathwater

i look forward to seeing where this goes

but i do agree about LN mainnet not being appropriate to use yet