Lightning Network pipe dream

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leo25

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This video does a good job explaining Lighting network and why it's not going to be what some think it will. Those that have been here for a while will know I've had an issue with LN idea for a while now.

Core team are turning Bitcoin into a bank with centralization, regulation and fees.

Start at 6:20 in. After that there is a good talk with Amaury Séchet. (Bitcoin Cash Lead Developer)

 
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the dollar vigilante? let me dumbslain things to you next to my pool overlooking this wonderful view i have. for someone proclaiming their quest for knowledge you really have some dubious sources. jeff berwick is about as credible in the crypto industry as any other metal bull that switched onto the next big thing. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bogus-cyprus-atm-story-2013-3?r=US&IR=T

heres an explanation of the lightning network that wont require a millionaire showing off their wealth and talking down to you, or maybe you disregard it as it doesnt fit your narrative?
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-lightning-network-elidhdicacs
 
Pretty good video. The segue video explaining the LN was particularly good.

I had been thinking BTC investors were being led to the slaughter with the increased mania and declining utility, but maybe it suits the bankers to get in there and prop it up and keep the focus OFF the other emerging cryptos.
 
dozerz said:
the dollar vigilante?
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Btw im not a big fan of him and it does shit me off that he keeps saying 1 Megabit instead of 1 Megabyte.

The good part of the video is not what Jeff said, but what he showed and who he talked too.
 
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BuggedOut said:
Pretty good video. The segue video explaining the LN was particularly good.

I had been thinking BTC investors were being led to the slaughter with the increased mania and declining utility, but maybe it suits the bankers to get in there and prop it up and keep the focus OFF the other emerging cryptos.
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The alt coins are pumping today. Many up 10 - 20 % against btc
 
BuggedOut said:
I had been thinking BTC investors were being led to the slaughter with the increased mania and declining utility, but maybe it suits the bankers to get in there and prop it up and keep the focus OFF the other emerging cryptos.
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I think we're seeing a shift from Bitcoin as the "future of money" to Bitcoin as the "future of assets". I just went to transfer 0.012 BTC (about $225 USD) to a different wallet - the suggested fee for a 1 hour+ transfer was a full 10% of the value, over $22! The promises of Bitcoin as a "free to use" alternate currency has been dashed by the high cost of mining and the subsequent high fees needed to prop up mining viability. I believe we're seeing the transition from Bitcoin as something I could use in a German pub to pay for pizza (yeah, did that in 2014 for 0.1117 BTC - just worked out the bar tab was around $2750 in today's AUD) to a major asset class that has significant entry and exit fees. It's utility as a genuine alternative medium of exchange for retail transactions is over - gone are the days of transferring thousands of dollars for a few cents in a few minutes. Now whether it transitions to a stable asset is another story.

I was personally surprised to see that Bitcoin didn't pop at $10k USD - I figured that would be the "I'm out!" number for a lot of people - the herd psychology has changed from what I was expecting, and it was a little exciting watching it run up to $19k in a matter of days from there. Some serious money is now playing that brings a different mentality - look at CME launching futures - I think Bitcoin is shifting to being an asset that will be held like a bond, and the smaller coins with currently negligible fees will be the utility coins for transacting, whether it's LTC, ETH or another up and comer. Even then as they appreciate in price they may start to face the fate of Bitcoin for peer to peer payments, victims of their own success.
 
I don't really get the appeal of the lightning network, mostly because we already have it with exchanges and services that switch currencies for you. Sure its a little more generic in nature but its the same type of centralized system. On an exchange now I can trade bitcoins instantly and not on the bitcoin network provided the other person is on the exchange. As long as they don't close down peer to peer transactions I don't think it will matter much.
 
dozerz said:
the dollar vigilante? let me dumbslain things to you next to my pool overlooking this wonderful view i have. for someone proclaiming their quest for knowledge you really have some dubious sources. jeff berwick is about as credible in the crypto industry as any other metal bull that switched onto the next big thing. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bogus-cyprus-atm-story-2013-3?r=US&IR=T

heres an explanation of the lightning network that wont require a millionaire showing off their wealth and talking down to you, or maybe you disregard it as it doesnt fit your narrative?
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-lightning-network-elidhdicacs
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The lightning network sounds a bit like Ripple, but backed by bitcoin rather than debt, so requires less trust.

Edit to add: I just read the date on that article. Two years since the article, so LN has been a long time coming.
 
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