Quote from: The Cryptovator on December 27, 2023, 09:32:49 PM

It made me believe that we are drifting away from Bitcoin's original goal in some way.

Nope, even Satoshi himself know if Bitcoin could be a collectible or commodity, not necessary to be a currency. Why need to force ourselves to spend for $17 just to use Bitcoin as payment when you have another way to pay it for free or less than $17?

Quote from: satoshi on August 27, 2010, 04:39:26 PM

Bitcoins have no dividend or potential future dividend, therefore not like a stock.

More like a collectible or commodity.

Quote from: OcTradism on Today at 12:55:04 AM

Namecheap accepted Bitcoin and Bitcoin via Lightning Network in 2021.

To open a channel you need to make on chain transaction, so either you use on chain or lightning network, the result is same.