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Re:Keybase and Stellar is live for everyone by arshbot on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:36AM (#19919795)
> I am 100% certain you're a better developer than I, and that lightning is not a result of poor engineering. But if a layman can't pick it up and use it in under 5 minutes, it's unworkable (if you're targeting laymen).

In this scenario linux is unworkable since a cli is probably too much for a layman. But that's why people built gnome and other window managers on top of the "unworkable" but useful core.

All we have to do is wait for some people to build that nice pretty layer on top - but the core must be an efficient tool

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Re:Keybase and Stellar is live for everyone by drawnwren on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:44AM (#19919878)
Yeah, I would say linux _is_ unworkable for laymen. If crypto were trying to sell itself as infrastructure, I would agree with your statement. But 'just wait for the nice pretty layer' is what people have been saying about btc for the last 10 years.
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