Lightning isn't a real threat because: - The UX is horrible. - To be user friendly, you need to reintroduce trust into the system, defeating the point. - It'

Lightning isn't a real threat because: - The UX is horrible. - To be user friendly, you need to reintroduce trust into the system, defeating the point. - It's still more expensive to lock up Bitcoin in Lightning than to use Monero. - The privacy of Lightning is poor compared to Monero. The only thing Monero lacks compared to Bitcoin is the amount of speculative network effect it has, which is indeed what's holding back Monero's popularity.