Lightning's failure for podcasting was a worldview problem, not a technical one
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And that's not a technical problem. That's a worldview problem.
Episode 267: Chocolove (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:39:17 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Shutting down the Podcast Index lightning node, Dave reflects that the vision he and Adam had (any podcaster could just turn on self-sovereign, low-fee payments) didn't match how the Bitcoin lightning ecosystem saw lightning. In practice it works well only for highly technical people with plenty of money and time.
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Episode 218: Vibe Coding (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:24:17 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
It could just spin up a node or a lightning wallet in some fashion and immediately start either send both sending and receiving payments without having to ask permission, without having to
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