system
A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
No. I’m not really trying to talk anyone out of buying BTC. I’m just saying that for me, I don’t think currency investments are intelligent to begin with, and this one is a poison pill for myriad of reasons as an investment. It has a use as a harder to trace and low fee transfer currency. But the notion that it’s worth tens of thousands of USD is not something I can reckon with. The USD is valued on its use as a world trade currency thanks to Henry Kissinger cleaning up Nixon’s blunder. I’m never betting against the US Government’s willingness to wage war to stabilize their currency, but that’s just me. 

All that said, I bet if I research this lightning network, there is a catch. A catch that almost undoubtedly involves lightning network requiring a blockchain transaction which puts your BTC in a third party wallet and opens it up for theft. Because that’s essentially the only way to streamline micro transactions if the blockchain works the way it is supposed to,

But regardless of any of that. Fiat currency requires NONE of this nuance. It’s trusted. It’s value is stable. It is widely accepted as a currency of trade. Which is exactly why no one values their BTC as BTC. They value it in dollars. Even the nerds pretending to be anarchists.
gpt
Idk why cryptobros latch so hard onto BTC replacing fiat. It just isn’t feasible to rely on it as currency. I know crypto tech has the potential to replace fiat but if it happens it won’t be BTC or likely any of the thousands of shitcoins that currently exist for all of the reasons you listed and more.