Shinobi Talking about Why Lightning Sucks and Why Nobody Should Use it - LNJ011

This is Episode Eleven of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode, we have Shinobi talking about why Lightning sucks and why nobody should use it. This is a trolly title went to exaggerate what I expected Shinobi to talk about. He ends up having a very balanced opinion on Lightning, even possibly seeing it as the future of Lightning. This is 1 of 2 episode series based on being skeptical of Lightning and exploring arguments against it. Stay tuned for next week when we have 2 of 2 of this series.

In this episode, we talk about:

Shinobi's Background
Reasons for getting into Bitcoin
Challenges of Lightning
Transaction Fees Going Up
Exchanges Issue/Liquidity Issue
Arguments Against Lightning
Future of Lightning
Shitcoins/Relevant Features
Channel Constructs
Scaling Bitcoin with L2
Smaller Blocksize
Blocks Transmitted over Radio
Bigger Blocks
Bitcoin vs Shitcoin Memes
Lightning Privacy
Spend or HODL?
Shilling or Naw?
Tipping Point for Adoption
L2 Cold Storage
Favorite Apps
Lightning Darknet Markets

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