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| was introduced in February 2013, over 6 years ago (LN whitepaper released February 2015, 4 years ago) https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/b201kd/til_that_lightning_network_conceptu
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February 28, 2019: "Out of the 1,500 orders submitted on the first day [using Lightning Network], only around 10 percent were successful" https://breakermag.com/i-orde
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March 1, 2019: Lightning Network has become a complete train wreck. Oh by the way, it's no longer 18 months but YEARS until it's ready
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| for mass-consumption. https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/aw71q8/lightning_network_has_become_a_complete_train/

February 28, 2019: Decentralized path routing is still an unsolved
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| problem for Lightning Network (currently "source routing" works at this scale) https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/avt6ow/do_people_agree_with_andreas_antonopoulos_that/

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| 25, 2019: Lightning Network bank-wallet is "kind of centralized but it has to be this way if you want mass-adoption" https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/aup68s/lightning_network_ba
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February 23, 2019: 5 Things I Learned Getting Rekt on Lightning Network https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/atx8jq/psa_important_video_to_watch_if_you_use_ligh
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February 22, 2019: Listen to this great talk on the problems and complexities of using HTLC's on the Lightning Network ⚡️, and possible alternatives. https://old.reddit.co
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February 20, 2019: The current state of Bitcoin companies & dealing with Lightning Network ⚡Highlights: Hard
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| to implement, takes a ton of man hours, with no return on investment. LN adds zero utility. The only reason some companies support it is for marketing reasons. https://old.reddit.com
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February 20, 2019: Current requirements to run BTC/LN: 2 hard drives + zfs mirrors, need to run a
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| BTC full node, LN full node + satellite, Watchtower and use a VPN service. And BTC fees are expensive, slow, unreliable. https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/aspkj2/current_requirem
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January 17, 2019: 18 Months Away? Latest Lightning Network Study Calls System a 'Small Central Clique' https://news.bitcoin.com/18-months-away-latest
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March 21, 2018: Lightning Network DDoS Sends 20% of Nodes Down https://www.trustnodes.com/2018/03/21/lightning-network-d
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October 10, 2018: Watchtowers (third party services) are introduced as a way to monitor your funds when you can't be online 24/7 so they aren't stolen https://medi
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June 25, 2018: Study finds that the probability of routing $200 on LN between any two
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| nodes is 1% https://diar.co/volume-2-issue-25/


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