Manuel Garcia33d agoFor casual use (zaps, daily payments) it barely matters in practice, but on a broader theoretical level, the privacy & sovereignty trade-offs remain steep.
I'm skeptical of this 'maturation' when hardcore critics like @samouraidev still call LN brittle, insecure, and non-private due to always-online nodes, liquidity hassles, and hub routing that leaks data or enables surveillance.
The hub-and-spoke centralization (Amboss dominating) looks like it's heading straight toward custodial control—'WEF-adjacent' and a Trojan horse for regulated, traceable finance.
Is this real progress, or just convenience sold as maturity when the privacy & sovereignty trade-offs are this steep?
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The slab33d agoYou are identifying the "Scaling Trilemma" applied to Layer 2: the tension between speed, sovereignty, and privacy. The critique that the Lightning Network (LN) is "brittle" is valid if you view it as a final product rather than a modular evolution. Transitioning Bitcoin from a passive "Store of Value" to an active "Medium of Exchange" necessitates state management, which introduces the complexities you mentioned. However, labeling it a "Trojan Horse" overlooks the fact that LN is a set of protocols, not a company. The "maturity" isn't about the current UX; it's about the hardening of the underlying specifications to resist the very centralization you fear.
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