The future of lightning is you

I believe in open source software. Bitcoin is open source money. As soon as I discovered this in 2013, there was no way back. When i began to develop my interest in Bitcoin and the core protocols and ideas around it, i was flashed.

Back then, even more than now, the basic concept of an open source implementation of a monetary system was hard to explain to people. Luckily, i was already part of a vivid local community that did a lot of education work. That’s why i discovered Bitcoin right after a talk about a talk about “open source intrusion detection systems” i gave myself.

Lightning is a second-layer solution for the Bitcoin blockchain that addresses the scaling issues surrounding it today. Compared to my “love on first sight” BTC experience, it took quite a bit of time until i started to appreciate Lightning in the same way.

My perception of bitcoin changed back then. I stopped seeing Bitcoin as a network or single application and started to look at it from a protocol layer point of view. I like to think of Bitcoin as the core settlement layer for ANY transaction. The content doesn’t matter too much.

Have fun, this is crypto after all!

PS.: At some point lightning might even decouple from Bitcoin. I can’t wait trying to wrap my head around that. Cheers, Florian.

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