goatmeal on Nostr: LN itself, no. but it's never going to be possible for large numbers of people to ...

LN itself, no. but it's never going to be possible for large numbers of people to gain access to LN without pairing it with IOUs and centralized third parties.

I see a lot of maxis blaming existing and proposed new protocols for inviting "shitcoins into bitcoin," but LN has already done this and they think it's sacred.

the original bitcoin maximalists accepted that altcoins can be good and bitcoin needs to stay competitive. but now they create their own altcoins which are very bad and they lie to themselves about doing it. their attitudes about altcoins have become stupid and contradictory.