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> 10+ mins, overpaying for the fees

This is what lightning will fix.

> If that is 'web3',

C'mon, don't argue in bad faith, Bitcoin is not web3 just like AJAX is not web2.0. Web3 can and should be built atop bitcoin lightning, but bitcoin can exist separately.

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> This is what lightning will fix.

when?

Correction, fixed. It is already working.

It's only a layer 2 to the most secure financial system on the planet, it surely should have taken only 3 months to accomplish!

It's still in beta/alpha, it works but it sometimes loses the channels, it doesn't lose your BTC however.

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