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Re:Bitcoin Is Time by derethanhausen on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @11:47AM (#26317239)
This is just whataboutism. Gold isn't used as a currency. Seems a stretch to claim the armies exist solely for the USD. And until the Lightning Network is actually implemented it will remain theoretical.
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Re:Bitcoin Is Time by Erlich_Bachman on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @11:54AM (#26317336)
Not sure where you get your news but LN is implemented and functional. There are wallets, services, software, etc, downloadable, functional, used every day. If what you mean to say "get all the marchants that support BTC to accept LN", then yes, there is still some progress needs to be done.
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Re:Bitcoin Is Time by user-the-name on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:12PM (#26319965)
The LN is not functional. It does not have an implementation of routing that scales. Nobody knows how to make an implementation of routing that scales.

If LN ever sees anything more than toy usage, it will fall over instantly, and become unusable.

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Re:Bitcoin Is Time by UncleMeat on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @12:16PM (#26317633)
> there is still some progress needs to be done

That's an understatement. There are two restaurants within 100 miles of my home that accept BTC, let alone use LN.

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