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121 sats \ 7 replies \ @south_korea_ln 10 Jun \ on: Don’t Sleep on Lightning bitcoin

I'd love to have the author (Max Webster) revisit this 2020 opinion with how things have developed over the last 4 years.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @swami OP 10 Jun

What do you think has been the biggest development in lightning over the last 4 years?

302 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 10 Jun

In random order of importance:

Splicing
Better path-finding
Huge improvement in payment success rates
Realization that LN isn't perfect, yet is the best working thing we have
Increasingly being used for large transfers between big players rather than the misguided early marketing focusing only on near-free small payments

I'd say the biggest development is that hype has been replaced by realism, which is usually a good sign as most maturing technologies go through such phases.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 10 Jun

I'd say the biggest development is that hype has been replaced by realism, which is usually a good sign as most maturing technologies go through such phases.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 10 Jun

Suddenly remembered where I heard his name before: Hivemind, a Bitcoin-focused VC company.