"Choking BTC to fully rely on an experimental technology [LN] seems crazy to me. Seems like they wanted to give banks some time to implement instant pay before bitcoin would overrun everything."
Correct. We need to be first.
"They’re also creating a psychological environment where nobody expects to be able to actually use the block chain anymore.
You delay long enough, it becomes the norm."
"They not only need to kill bitcoin as a system, they need to kill bitcoin as an idea." As long as people will keep being dazzled by the prospects of quick riches it'll work for them.
Being able to reply without waiting for hours or days isn't about quick riches. It's memo.
