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A comment on Bitcoin’s first day as El Salvador’s legal tender. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin’s first day as El Salvador’s legal tender by UncleMeat on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:47AM (#28456215)
Yes. There was a big argument several years back about increasing transaction counts and the "more transactions please" advocates lost. BTC, by design, targets roughly this number of transactions per second regardless of how much energy is spent to mine.
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Re:Bitcoin’s first day as El Salvador’s legal tender by seanw444 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:03AM (#28457153)
Isn't this the reason for the Lightning network layer?
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Re:Bitcoin’s first day as El Salvador’s legal tender by UncleMeat on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:48AM (#28457836)
It is. There are some people who believe that lightning causes a "worst of both worlds" situation where you are reliant on intermediate processors for everything and the network still emits gobs of CO2.
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Re:Bitcoin’s first day as El Salvador’s legal tender by qecez on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @04:58PM (#28462965)
This is wrong. Lightning Network transactions are 100% non-custodial.
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