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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by russdpale on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @08:40PM (#16120836)
Way to early to know that for sure. Lightning is not too far away.
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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by FireBeyond on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @09:04PM (#16120929)
Lightning is like the Schroedingers Algorithm for BTC.

When people need it to be close, it's "not too far away".

At other times, "you need to remember it's still a few years away".

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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by russdpale on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:43PM (#16125880)
Not true, some projects like Groestlecoin already have it implemented on their mainnets. Bitcoin development is akin to airframe development. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

People are too impatient.

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