I removed the stupid part . I was channeling my inner Nullc . And it made me more of an ass . For arguments sake it can be interesting to play devil ' s advocate though . By definition , no analogy is perfect , they are meant to highlight some aspect of a situation . Of course . You are absolutely correct . The same thing is happening on a smaller scale with bitcoin transactions particularly as new adopters don ' t understand the rules of the game . It is indeed a usability nightmare , which I have dubbed UXaclypse . I don ' t believe we had to put people through angst to foster work on lightning or other layer 2 we can walk and chew gum at the same time . Whereas having a divided community has been a distraction and a dilution of effort . I agree 100 %. To add Killing off the usecases which you want to move towards LN is lunacy . In reality it is very very smart to start creating a market for low fee instant transactions sooner rather than later . If you want LN to succeed killing off that market is by far the most stupid thing you can do .