> Bitcoin maxis fight for the simplicity and real-word cost behind proof of work for a reason.
No they don't. They promote Lightning Network as some sort of savior of all things, but it's the complete opposite of simplicity and soundness.
No they don't. They promote Lightning Network as some sort of savior of all things, but it's the complete opposite of simplicity and soundness.
LN should never have been pushed as hard as it was. If they'd launched it and it'd naturally outcompeted regular Bitcoin transactions then fine whatever, but destroying on-chain capacity before LN was even coded was truly crazy.