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[–] cybeardjm@masto.ai 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@dgerard Oh no... what about the future of finance in Africa, based on LN... How will the BTC maxis "bank the unbanked"...

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] cybeardjm@masto.ai 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

everything about this dumb as hell idea is so obviously unfeasible. every aspect. it's amazing.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 6 months ago

Frankly the example would be better if instead of a coffee, Alice wants to buy a kilo of horse. At least with those stakes someone would be motivated to sit down and peruse the insane network diagrams.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you talking lightning or crypto in general because you are right on both.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] 4grams@awful.systems 4 points 6 months ago

tongue in cheek to be sure, but sometimes it feels good to preach to the choir :)

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 9 points 6 months ago

Good riddance.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago

The inevitable conclusion to the magic solution that was perpetually 18 months away since 2015

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I had honestly forgotten that this was a thing.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago

so did literally its creators lolol