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You build a second layer. All the hype benefits of pretending to use blockchain, without ever actually using it.

• danlugo92 5y ago
  For any newbies reading THIS IS FUD. The tldr is thst Lightning is as safe as bitcoin because it uses bitcoin under the hood. https://endthefud.org/ https://endthefud.org/
  • littlestymaar 5y ago
    Calling things you don't like FUD doesn't make them less true. The website you linked is just a collection of random (and often contradictory, just read a few of the “energy” topic) opinions posted on medium.
  • ben_w 5y ago
    “FUD” is “Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt”. The person you’re replying to was (sarcastically? I would’ve been) suggesting a solution, which isn’t any of those things.
    • danlugo92 5y ago
      Lightning depends on and USES the blockchain, grandparent said it doesn't which is patently untrue, thus fud.
      • ben_w 5y ago
        What’s important is they’re not engaging in fear, uncertainty, or doubt. I’m not going to accuse bananas of being unsuitable for vegetarians just because they’re shaped like sausages. As there are different ways to use a thing, and everything I’ve seen of Lightning (network not cable) is using the Blockchain in roughly the same sense as a USD denominated bank that happens to not ban accounts from trading Bitcoin uses the Blockchain — i.e. it does, but it’s very much also pretending — this seems reasonable, if not literal.