- Bitcoin Lightning Network growth is organic, coming from real-world adoption https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-lightning-network-growth-is-organic-coming-from-real-world-adoption 17 comments cryptocurrency
- The "Bitcoin can't scale" + "Lightning Network is the answer" astro turfing is real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU 65 comments btc
- Bitcoin Lightning Network vs MasterCard real time speed test in Gibraltar https://youtube.com/shorts/gw5irJU6C3g 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Bcore Dev Peter Todd admits Lightning Network is not real bitcoin, rather a "less secure protocol built on top of it" https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/896917191035019266 125 comments btc
- Informative post from a real bitcoin user explaining how the Lightning Network would work for every day purchases. Oh my god. https://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8fqgeu/is_this_how_lightning_will_operate_when_it_matures/ 9 comments btc
- Debunked: "Fractional reserve banking is fully prevented in the Lightning Network, because it's decentralized just like Bitcoin. There's no way to inflate the money supply in the second layer, since all transactions are backed by real bitcoins." https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/8oah96/debunked_fractional_reserve_banking_is_fully/ 63 comments btc
- Peter R. Rizun: ”People were unknowingly accepting Lightning bitcoins that weren't actually backed by real bitcoins. These people wouldn't even find out until they went to withdraw their coins from the Lightning Network (i.e., close the channel). ” https://twitter.com/peterrizun/status/1177709999222509568?s=21 109 comments btc