... I have stated that LN is decentralized and secure which is correct; you can't be the judge of this because you don't have a technical background as you've said, right? If anything Bitcoin will be very centralized if we focus on scaling via the block size. You can't deny this.
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https://news.bitcoin.com/the-curious-case-of-gregory-maxwell-and-the-lightning-network/TL;DR: Super secure, decentralized, and as real as the Easter Bunny.