I'm so tired of all of this ignorant anti lighting network rhetoric that I keep hearing and seeing constantly. Do you guys think Ver is funding this BS.
My guess is 'no'. I'm probably the most persistent Bitcoin* believer / SegWit skeptic still participating in this thread, and
I ain't getting paid. (Most others of my opinions seem to have left for more hospitable climes). And while I may have a limited perspective on the matter, I think this thread is one of the most important centers of mindshare in Bitcoindom. You'd think that if there were expenditures on shillery, this thread would be one of the major targets.
*whether BTC or BCH
Incidentally, the Bitcoin network topology is
nothing like the diagram on the right.