I'm telling you it's a fundamental flaw which you don't seem to find problematic.
I'm telling you that it isn't.
Correct, though has little to do with what I said, that being "what amounts to buying gift cards."
It doesn't.
Before you can buy your overpriced cup of coffee via Lightning, you have to lock away enough BTC for 100 cups, or Lightning is as pointless as buying yourself a "1 cup of coffee" gift card each time you buy a cup of coffee.
Which is pointless.
100 cups? See, you're being hyperbolic again. You can just as easily do it for 10.
Though some might suggest you're not technically using BTC, either.
Whoever says that does not understand LN (albeit it is better than those that say that LN is an altcoin).
Isn't segwit supposed to launch this month? Seems like a big move.
The code might get released this month.