Scaling via compromising on trust-minimization is lame. If the lightning network is only used for transactions that need less trust (rather than all low-value txs), then it will struggle to grow big enough to handle routing for all low value transactions.
By using other L2s like cashu and ark, Lightning withers… ⚡️
/ Colby Serpa
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2025-11-12 12:26:34 UTC
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