Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship

Re:Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury... by Ferret7446 on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:38PM (#44715301)

The difference is that becoming a larger channel is not gatekept by regulation, and not at all necessary. Creating small channels between two parties, e.g. for subscriptions, is viable. Though not as convenient, it is at least more convenient than getting blacklisted by Visa.

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Re:Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury... by yieldcrv on Monday July 28, 2025 @05:10PM (#44715697)

yes, but this circumvents the egalitarian nature

lighting channels are expensive to open and close

as it stands, there already isn't enough block space for “mass adoption” users to all have their own single lightning channel

let alone several

lightning in its ultimate form will always be a hosted solution

and those with the acumen and willingness to pay to open and close channels (or perhaps use the L1 bitcoin) will be a separate class of people

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