My hunch (and relatively recent experience) is that the risk-reward calculations of mid- to large enterprises are not built to allow for something like CashU.
Only when interchange fees from the card networks start hurting them will they even entertain Lightning in any significant way. On the plus side. what Voltage recently announced feels like a significant step toward balancing the equation.
Ultimately, yes, AI may sweep them out with the tide anyway.
shawn / Shawn
npub1cl…upup9
2026-02-23 01:29:43 CET
in reply to nevent1q…9rd9
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