You’re confusing a layer 2 solution that provides separate (and weakened) transaction assurances than the Bitcoin protocol itself. This is evident in the fact t

You’re confusing a layer 2 solution that provides separate (and weakened) transaction assurances than the Bitcoin protocol itself. This is evident in the fact that the lightning network suffers from security vulnerabilities (e.g., wormhole attack [1]) not present in the Layer 1 Bitcoin protocol. This is not to say that the Lightning Network doesn't significantly improve the usability of Bitcoin as a currency. But it does so at the expense of security. A much better approach is to use a layer 1 solution that achieves scalability, security, and decentralization by default. [1]https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/472.pdf https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/472.pdf