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Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ... by hackerlight on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @08:21AM (#32836122)
Of course, I stand corrected about that.

So, aside from irreversibility of transactions, what is preventing adoption?

Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ... by spiralx on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:32AM (#32837775)
It doesn't even use that, the Chivo wallet only uses LN for external transactions, everything else is a plain old centralised app.
Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ... by plebianRube on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:26AM (#32836854)
I don't have time to thoroughly research the topic and come back to you, so maybe you can do some leg work.

But I do know people over estimate what can be accomplished in a year and underestimate what can be accomplished in 10.

Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ... by MrMan on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @12:32PM (#32839573)
also correlation doesn't equal causation, the Overton window, etc
Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ... by adastra22 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @12:28PM (#32839515)
Setting up lightning channels are still slow, expensive, and worse require hot, online wallets.