Quote from: Metal Brain on Today at 07:46:36 PM

There must be a downside or everybody would use the lightning network.

It adds an extra level of complication for the average user (IMO) and it is accepted by dramatically few stores. These are the only disadvantages I observe with LN. It's under development, but it's being implemented.

Here's some nice links to watch:

Basics of the Lightning Network
The Lightning Network FAQ
Electrum Lightning Network walkthrough_{(if you're using electrum)}

I'd please you, now, to stop double posting and derailing this thread with posts related to forks of Bitcoin. The main topic of this thread is the consensus' future, or as I call it, the dead end.