Here was that event, a few months ago. And we used noones to sell the Bitcoin into Egyptian pounds non-KYC, and now the school the money was raised for is being built! https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsve0kq6lcwm7hd49vjmnp3ga6dpzhsqugtqrr2rwng6eduu6ldjggy64c5q

I listened earlier today. I genuinely wanted to hear a coherent, compelling argument for why Bitcoin and Lightning are failing. Unfortunately, all I heard was butthurt and cope.

Lightning has never failed

A valid criticism would be non-custodial is not practical for small amounts, payment failure rate..

The exact bandwagon thinking Paul was talking about as everyone dunks on him here. He definitely needs to update his understanding of lightning and ecash. I found it refreshing to hear a bitcoiner honestly expressing concerns about the ability of lightning to scale. We need more space for the types ...

Seems like a good one. I don't understand when someone says LN doesn't work. That's like saying cars don't work. I use it dozens of times per day. Hundreds of times per months. Zaps, robosats, shopping, bets, blackjack, used to on stacker, fountain streams, paying friends back for food, ivpn, nz...

He should be here, but I’m sure it’s a matter of pride. He won’t get my zaps until he admits he’s wrong.

That was painful. Here is my summary: Lightning doesn’t work because it does not scale to 8 billion people in a fully private self custodial way thus the project is a complete failure and should be abandoned so we can invest our time in something else. Vs Lightning works as evidenced by the fact ...

Lost me at the hard fork segment … hard forks at this point stand zero chance.

Nirvana fallacy. The whitepaper itself acknowledged that the lightning network cannot scale to 8 billion people so calling it a failure for failing to achieve a goal it never set for itself is silly.

If Lightning wouldn't work I would literally starve.

Oh Paul. I don't get it, shitting on lightning to push drivechains is a terrible approach.

"Anything that could be done with a hardfork could be done with a softfork" Not much of a debate. Paul doesn't even understand what a hardfork is.

Lightning needs some tough love. So many problems still remain and progress is slow.

Hey did you know 5/10 years ago smart people had criticisms of the lightning network? This podcast felt like peeling away the skin of a fruit to reveal more skin.

The year is 2040 Paul Sztorc miraculously finds a way to scale to 8 billion people. The population is now 9 billion so he deems the project a failure and destroys it all. Meanwhile Bitcoin is still ticking along and 80+% of the population still don't care enough to self custody....

You argue that Square will start accepting lightning payments? How is that progress? Square is central POS

I sent 12 million sats through lightning today. Not to brag...🤥

Weird. I probably need to listen again. All I heard was nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wct4lwjj throwing cream pies and then settling for telling Paul to change his communication approach....

I just listened to this today, the way you handled yourself in the conversation providing compelling arguments and keeping your cool in the face of… paper thin criticisms??? was admirable. It felt like you won the argument AND the person (he really seemed to change his tone by the end of the conve...

Paul has a fish to sell, so it's clear his assessment of lightning cannot be unbiased