One of our core devs is a LN core dev as well and even he now has his doubts about LN.
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Any chain that takes my money OFF of the main chain loses my trust. If the chain can't handle everything ON-chain, then I see no need to trust it, or ever use it. This is just one of the reasons why I like this Hive chain so much. Hive is doing THOUSANDS of transactions per second ON-chain, with FREE, 3 second blocks too. Not only that, but I might be able to start paying my maintenance fee every month with Hive. Transparency coins like Hive allow me to see exactly where the maintenance people are spending my money, so I know they are not just pocketing it. Transparency is also a good thing :)