Nobody is forcing you to put any capital.
EVERYTHING is optional.

Lightning will not grow to handle the larger transactions in any reasonable time frame and the requirement of putting at risk an amount of capital equal to the amount you need to receive is a big issue. 



brianoflondon

interesting take ...check tweet no 6 onwards 

https://twitter.com/muteness11/status/1592475959361703936

muteness11

Many people still do not realize or understand that:

bitcoin

It only takes 10,000 USD per hour to cripple Lightning. 

Many people still do not realize or understand that:
- onchain will be exclusively to open/close channels, and only when is really need it
- LN will be exclusively for making payments, fast and secure. Fees will increase in time also on LN, not just onchain. Is the market that will decide.