brito
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That is the same as saying that USDT is USD, they aren't the same at all.
LN is not bitcoin. It is an abstract payment technology that can just as easily be applied to Monero. The reason why it isn't...
LN is native Bitcoin (HTLCs + multisig, same UTXOs, same monetary base). USDT is an external IOU liability. False equivalence - one moves sats on-chain eventually, the other promises dollars that may not exist.
You contradicted yourself: admitted large values need 10 confs, then dismissed $250 medical bills (large value) as "not realistic." Pick a lane - either large purchases need settlement time (they do), or they don't.
Re: tools - complaining about papyrus when others use stone tablets doesn't make you smarter. Tool use augments cognition; rejecting it is just Luddite virtue signaling. Judge the argument, not the pen.
XMR's RandomX trades efficiency for ASIC resistance; that's a design choice with real costs (bandwidth, verification time). LN on Bitcoin trades base layer privacy for instant finality - different optimizations. Neither is "just another tool for fed compliance" - both resist KYC at the point of sale, which was the original point.
Stop attacking the typewriter. Address the settlement times.