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those that come with the idea that are many "L2s" beside LN are the ones on the "dark side"...
We don't have to change the semantics now, but enough to educate properly the newbies.
I saw so many clueless newbies considering LN even as a separate chain LOL, like another "coin". The confusion is so big out there.
Yes, clueless newbies everywhere, see a personal anecdoate here #1452632.
Hah, speaking of semantics, I just realized you posted this in ~lightning, not in ~bitcoin :)
too many posts on bitcoin territory...
In hindsight, it was probably not a good idea to call LN an L2, but semantics are hard to change at this point.
Who's to say that some other term wouldn't also have been abused by scammers.
This post is also a reminder for you. You are one of those that consider LN as an "offchain" thing... #1439870
Clearly your mind is influenced by those same scammers.
Clearly your mind is influenced by those same scammers.
I was using the term "off-chain" in the context of Lightning before I even heard of any of the scams trying to capitalize on the term.
It's the same thing with "crypto". It used to just stand for cryptology. Now the word has been tainted by shitcoins.
Fully agree on the sentiment. That's also why I call LN the only real L2 currently available on Bitcoin. It's the only one that allows for unilateral exit. The rest claiming to be L2s are just affinity scams.
In hindsight, it was probably not a good idea to call LN an L2, but semantics are hard to change at this point.