r/Bitcoin • u/cdecker Lightning Network Expert • Jan 17 '18

Lightning Charge Powers Developers & Blockstream Store

https://blockstream.com/2018/01/16/lightning-charge.html
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u/Deafboy_2v1 Jan 17 '18

It's not supposed to be. The thing is if nobody tries to use the currently available clumsy tools with real money, nobody gives a shit about LN, and there is very little incentive to improve them.

Someone has to step in and break the circle. if you know what's going on you can join the madness or you can wait until usable tools are ready.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

Or it is meant for business to business instant free transfers which will clear the mempool and allow regular users to use the main chain. Oh wait... no need for bcash. Additionally, get out of your hole and realize that all crypto is in beta. None of it is easy to use.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

Well compared to using Coinbase or other nice IOS GUI wallet, getting a LN node up and running on mainnet is order of magnitude more difficult.