It pains me to say it after 3 years of building on it but I think lightning is ngmi, at least for non custodial pleb payments.
I think ark and liquid are fundamentally a more sound approach to L2 for...
My guess is that the future of bitcoin is more centralized than people are comfortable with. As long as we have the optionality to self custody our savings on chain, does it really matter if we’re trusting someone temporarily with our spending change?