So you're telling me SegWit is not a solution to scaling, there are "possibly some smaller block size increases" [hard forks] down the line, and you still want to go through with it? Even though Bitcoin doesn't need to scale?
That statement was my personal opinion and not related to anything official. I have no information in regards to any planned hard forks at this moment. Neither is Segwit nor is Classic (2 MB blocks) a solution to scaling, they are temporary workarounds. Nobody said that Bitcoin doesn't need to scale.
Who is paying for it again? Whose entire business model hinges on it?
They have only 1 developer on the payroll working on it IIRC. This toxic community doesn't even deserve that. Their business model has nothing to do with LN. You're confusing it with sidechains.
Again, there is no "paradox" here.
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Your argument is a waste of time (no offense). This is not helpful at all.