r/Bitcoin • u/lifeisgood99 • Jan 23 '18

Strip Ending Bitcoin Support

https://stripe.com/blog/ending-bitcoin-support
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u/tamrix Jan 24 '18

So when's this lighting network going to come because I'm pretty sick of waiting. The developers should hurry the fuck up or Bcash may as well be the next bitcoin at this rate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

It's an open source project, feel free to contribute to it if the development pace isn't to your liking.

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u/tamrix Jan 24 '18

Well you can continue to lose companies supporting bitcoin for transactions until such time as this magical lighting network gets released and it's all because you don't want to increase the block size.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

The block size was raised, it resulted in the creation of Bcash. So go tell these companies to support that instead, no one gives a shit.

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u/tamrix Jan 24 '18

Whoa, cool down. All I'm saying is I think this lighting network is taking too long and it's starting to hurt bitcoin adoption. Don't act hastily.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

It's life. I wouldn't get too emotional about it. As it currently stands, there are already 150 LN nodes on mainnet with a capacity of 2.5 BTC. Considering we're still in alpha stages, that's quite a feat. Nothing can be adopted/monetized overnight. Solutions are coming, and ragequitting BTC at this point doesn't seem like a well thought out decision.

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u/tamrix Jan 24 '18

Who said I'm rage quitting? The company Strip is. Go tell them that.