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  "map_content": "Let me explain this slowly for the Lightning numpties at the back.\r\nLightning requires on-chain scaling.\r\n\r\nYes, I know. Terrible. The little toy castle collapses the moment someone counts the bricks.\r\n\r\nTo use Lightning at scale, people need channels. Channels need opening. Channels need closing. Channels need liquidity. Liquidity needs moving. Routes need rebalancing. Failed routes need recovery. Disputes need settlement. Fraud attempts need enforcement. Users entering and leaving the system need on-chain transactions.\r\n\r\nWhere do those transactions go?\r\nOn-chain.\r\n\r\nSo when you say, \u201cBTC cannot scale on-chain, therefore we need Lightning,\u201d you have not solved the scaling problem. You have hidden it under a rug and called the lump \u201cLayer 2.\u201d\r\n\r\nIf Lightning is used by a handful of hobbyists, fine, the base chain can limp along. If Lightning is used by the world, the base chain must process massive volumes of channel operations and settlement transactions. That requires large blocks. \r\n\r\nAnd if the base chain can handle large blocks, large volumes, low fees, and reliable settlement, then why the hell do you need Lightning as the primary payment system?\r\n\r\nThat is the circular idiocy:\r\nBTC cannot scale, so use Lightning.\r\n\r\nLightning only works at scale if BTC scales.\r\n\r\nIf BTC scales, Lightning is unnecessary for ordinary payments.\r\n\r\nCongratulations. You built a bridge that only works after the river has been drained.\r\n\r\nLightning is not scaling. It is an elaborate confession that BTC was deliberately crippled and then wrapped in engineering theatre so people would stop asking why digital cash cannot be used as digital cash.",
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