The Lightning Network barely worked and could never solve bitcoin congestion. The proponents are finally giving up trying to push this dumb idea uphill.
https://protos.com/critics-claim-buggy-bitcoin-lightning-network-is-slowly-dying/
https://protos.com/critics-claim-buggy-bitcoin-lightning-network-is-slowly-dying/
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cybeardjm@masto.ai · 11 pts · 2y
dgerard@awful.systems · 9 pts · 2y
but but but El Salvador!!
cybeardjm@masto.ai · 6 pts · 2y
dgerard@awful.systems · 8 pts · 2y
everything about this dumb as hell idea is so obviously unfeasible. every aspect. it's amazing.
gerikson@awful.systems · 7 pts · 2y
Frankly the example would be better if instead of a coffee, Alice wants to buy a kilo of horse. At least with those stakes someone would be motivated to sit down and peruse the insane network diagrams.
4grams@awful.systems · 5 pts · 2y
dgerard@awful.systems · 5 pts · 2y
well i mean, yes,
4grams@awful.systems · 4 pts · 2y
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
The inevitable conclusion to the magic solution that was perpetually 18 months away since 2015
gerikson@awful.systems · 8 pts · 2y
I had honestly forgotten that this was a thing.
dgerard@awful.systems · 3 pts · 2y
so did literally its creators lolol
BlueMonday1984@awful.systems · 8 pts · 2y
Good riddance.