99 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b OP 18 May \ parent \ on: Screenshots of Coinbase’s lightning help text lightning
It’s pretty spot on. It mostly explains the benefits with a hint of education on invoices vs addresses and peer to peer.
It’s interesting to see on coinbase next to a bunch of competing things (from a newb user’s perspective). It’s easier to assess whether Lightning is compelling to a non-bitcoiner in coinbase’s context.
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131 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 18 May
I haven't used Coinbase in a few years now but it is nice to see them putting some focus back on Bitcoin considering how much they have leaned into eth and promoting eth. I noticed eth volumes on Coinbase have been very weak recently. Maybe 10% of Bitcoin. Eth is very narrative driven so it could be it just doesn't have a current narrative to propel interest but I wonder if this persists if we see Coinbase shifting their time and attention away from eth and back to bitcoin a bit.
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215 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 18 May
It helped me see that Lightning doesn’t sell itself very well. It’s kind of like the internet asking us if we want to use IP or TCP. At some point Lightning (tcp) needs to be the singular interface to bitcoin (ip) or it isn’t the right abstraction.
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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 19 May
Well said. I can attest to what you are saying. Normal people don't care about L1 L2 etc. They just want to use things.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 18 May
Great point.
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