.... So when ComputerGenie began to make various arguments in that regard, I did not recognize or understand that he was making a kind of existential argument that in the end is irrelevant.
In other words, who gives a ratt's ass if LN is part of bitcoin or not. LN seems to provide quite a bit of functionality, as described in the FAQ linked article (above) and LN may or may not be used in the future (likely that it will be used), and I am not sure exactly what the speculation is, about LN taking away from bitcoin...
And therein lies the main problems:
- You read what you want to read, not what's on the screen in front of you.
- You misread the multiple times that I said I'm all for LN (as it's intended to be used).
- You can't grasp that this thread is about Bitcoin.
- You can't grasp that, in a conversation about Bitcoin, things that are not the Bitcoin protocol don't matter to the Bitcoin protocol.
- You can't grasp that LN isn't part of Bitcoin, LN has no relevance to the Bitcoin protocol, and LN has no useful place in this conversation.