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There seems to be no timeline for LN’s release, and no sense of urgency from the devs. It feels very amateurish. There’s a good chance that by the time it comes
by ramphastidae 9y ago
There seems to be no timeline for LN’s release, and no sense of urgency from the devs. It feels very amateurish. There’s a good chance that by the time it comes out Bitcoin could be left in the dust by a different crypto currency.
- SkyMarshal 9y agoWhat are you talking about? The protocol is standardized, there are 3 implementations in testing, they're sending multi-hop transactions across all 3 different implementations on the Bitcoin mainnest, there's at least one client plus an explorer. https://news.bitcoin.com/lightning-networks-new-infrastructure-and-interoperability/ https://news.bitcoin.com/lightning-networks-new-infrastructu... It's clearly on track for a 2018 release.
- ramphastidae 9y ago"On track for a 2018 release" is not a timeline, IMO. Elizabeth Stark said we were <6 months away in Dec 2015. https://twitter.com/starkness/status/676599570898419712 https://twitter.com/starkness/status/676599570898419712 And for the downvoters: I am no shill. I've been holding BTC long-term. I am just a realist with a good understanding of the reliability of software engineers' estimates, esp. in this case.
- SkyMarshal 9y agoYou can ignore what people say and just look at the evidence, which in this case is pretty clear. Segwit made LN a lot easier, the software is here and working, the fact that they can send a) multihop tx's b) across multiple different clients is a substantial signal about the project's progress. And yeah, don't expect anyone to commit to a more concrete timeline than "in 2018 sometime" when folks like you hold them to it.