For some people it takes longer to undertand how it works.
Bigblockers don't like it because LN makes their shitcoin completely irrelevant.
Fixed it.
EDIT: this whole Lightning thing is a very (f***ing) complicated clever approach. no wonder that the Big Blockers don't like it. it's not easy to understand but it seems the right direction to scale Bitcoin.
I am a big defender of the LN however I've been thinking about the question a bcasher asked to Andreas a while ago.
How is bitcoin going to hard fork while there are thousands of people on the LN?
Is is even possible?
What'll happen if a critical bug is revealed? Some features can only be added via hf...
Even Andreas paused. He actually couldn't come up with an answer instantly like he always did and said he has to think about it first.