Damus
fiatjaf · 3w
Lightning is probably the worst thing that has happened to Bitcoin. Sadly, because in theory it is super cool the first time you hear about it, 10 years ago.
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Probably I talk fantasy but I the whole calculation/computing that Bitcoin makes is meaningless. Don't get me wrong - it's still a good value storage but instead of computing bytes to be in a certain shape, you could compute something more meaningful like:
- Reasoning power, token computation.
- Genome computation to make early illness detection.
- New meds discovery via simulation computing.
- Other weird ideas to make our life easier.
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Luke · 3w
This point was brought up by roughly 50,000 pre-bitcoin maximalists during the years of 2012-2017. I have missed it! Very, very cute little misunderstanding you've got there, which led to the creation of most altcoins. But once you research bitcoin more you'll become a maximalist yourself. I highly...