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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ca 14h \ parent \ on: Club Orange introduces Payment Links, a simpler way to get paid over Lightning bitcoin

justin, non-custodial UX is not for the masses today. Don't be delusional.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ca 28 Jan \ parent \ on: Will any Bitcoin L2 be able to facilitate non-compliant peer to peer commerce? bitcoin

Lightning has incredibly strong centralising tendencies. Big well-connected hubs have massive advantages in many ways. Over time you will see a few very big Lightning nodes dominate.

0 sats \ 13 replies \ @ca 28 Jan \ on: Club Orange introduces Payment Links, a simpler way to get paid over Lightning bitcoin

What's the point of this compared to a simple LN invoice?

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @ca 28 Jan \ on: Introducing hArk—non-interactive rounds - Second bitcoin lightning

Sounds like Ark's UX will be worse than Spark, unfortunately.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ca OP 27 Jan \ parent \ on: Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated bitcoin

Reading Austrian Economics by chance.

I don't expect 99% of the population to have to study Economics for bitcoin to click...

Nobody had to study Internet protocols to use the web.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ca OP 24 Jan \ parent \ on: Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated bitcoin

Nope. I want bitcoin to be so good that it won't need to be taught.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @ca OP 22 Jan \ parent \ on: Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated bitcoin

Bitcoin will only be successful if it won't require education.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ca OP 22 Jan \ parent \ on: Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated bitcoin

Good point on marketing...

The moment you have multiple operators, I would say we're very close to self-custodial. You only need 1 single honest actor out of 500 in the federation.

I believe wallets don't have that yet as it seems like it's a CLI only operation at the moment. https://docs.spark.money/wallets/unilateral-exit#unilateral-exit

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @ca OP 22 Jan \ parent \ on: Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated bitcoin

We are at the same stage in bitcoin development as when to send an email you had to write terminal commands.

Emails became widely used only when a simple GUI was available to all.

Better UX drives adoption.

If you can't receive while offline, that is a dealbreaker in many regions of the world.

We can't stop improving... even sending to a simple regular bitcoin address causes massive anxiety to anyone.

The UX is immature...

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @ca OP 22 Jan \ parent \ on: Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated bitcoin
#1275977

Why would a nocoiner be attracted to use more expensive payment methods (Lightning) when in EU you have free instant bank transfers?

Different users have different needs.

Keep use lightning who cares. Others will choose what's subjectively better for them.

I don't think it's suitable for mainstream users. You can't even receive offline...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ca 22 Jan \ on: Blitz Wallet website redsign Design bitcoin lightning

100% self-custodial is deceiving marketing.

It wouldn't hold up in court.

Spark L2 state chain is under-appreciated
281 sats \ 16 comments \ @ca 22 Jan bitcoin
0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ca OP 7 Jan \ parent \ on: What are the last two things you bought with Bitcoin? bitcoin

Which hosting service lets you pay with btc?