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Is the Lightning Network ready and 100% rolled out? When will it be ready? Which energy consumption numbers were incorrect in your parent comment?

> Cryptocurrency is a genie out of a bottle

That might be true, but that doesn't mean that criticism of Bitcoin (which is only one of the crypto currencies) is not valid.

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There is still active development, but https://strike.me uses the lightning network. There are several other apps built on top of the lightning network.

I use the lightning network almost every day listening to podcasts with the Breeze app https://breez.technology/

> Which energy consumption numbers were incorrect in your parent comment?

The number of transactions per second of Bitcoin, as it can handle many if you include lightning

And what about the answers to the two questions leading up to that one?

I'm not sure how to answer those, what exactly is the question? The lightning network is live, you can use it now.

If I'm buying BTC for 2000 dollars today, will I use the lightning network?

What?

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