Re:Lightning Network Flaws
by DennisP on Saturday October 02, 2021 @10:01AM
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The internet doesn't have nodes that stop working if too many packets go through. Lightning nodes only work as long as they have enough liquidity to cover your transaction.
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Remember that the lightning network actually doubled in capacity recently over a few months and that channels increase in size as the bitcoin price goes up. Meaning a channel with $2000 of capacity today will have ~$20,000 of capacity by the next halving (assuming we continue the 10x trend) without any changes.
This results is a decreasing failed transaction rate for increasing sizes of transactions as we move into the future.