Re: POLL - Which Crypto will be the first zero fee instant microtransaction coin with GUI that can scale to 100,000 Txns/sec and remain decentralized?
ftfy
Answer: none of the CC currently envisioned. Neither will Lightning Networks nor Dash Evolution meet those specifications.
Lightning network could probably do 100K+ tx/sec with no problems as long as the user base is limited (so number of channels is limited and capacity spikes from mass channel closings don't need to be considered). That could have practical uses for some B2B type applications.
But it won't decentralized and permissionless. It will be corporate server controlled by the banksters.
It'll be about as decentralized and permissionless as Bitcoin is, which might be a decent degree if Bitcoin itself isn't scaled up too much (the whole block size argument), and possibly something is done about ASIC strangulation.
And it also won't enable you to transact from anyone Bitcoin address to any Bitcoin address (your original observation in our private discussion many moons ago). It has a simultaneity requirement.
I haven't studied this carefully but I've been told (maybe incorrectly) that with duplex channels this is (or will be with some script improvements) possible. Party A can open a channel to party B and then party B can either close the channel and accept the payment as simple Bitcoin, or just reuse the channel to send those coins back out.