It won’t reach a million. That’s just a nice, round number you have in your head. No basis in anything. Either government repression or quantum computing will destroy the value of the network before then.

Lightning network will need to be subsided by someone, because the act of opening and closing a channel costs money. Most people don’t want to have an open account with someone - they want to pay, and go.

Just like how Uber was cheap when it was starting out, being subsidized by VC dollars, it became more and more expensive, and ultimately shittier, once the VC stopped subsidizing and started eking out money from the transaction fees.

If a Bitcoiner ever talks about ‘the government’ and ‘we need guns to protect ourselves’, all that tells me is that you are unable to successfully integrate into broader society and are essentially an outcast from civilization. You hope you can use money and outside the box thinking to win respect, but society will not accept you unless you find a way to stay true to yourself, and also play nice with other people. You might just be an antisocial asshole, and ‘building your citadel’ is just another way to entrench yourself in that antisocial behavior. Being a hermit can have value though.

Bitcoin is a technical solution to a political problem.