CoinDesk recently wrote a piece on Bitcoin SV’s in development digital asset recovery tool, comparing and contrasting it to the “Killswitch” Satoshi may have been describing in 2010. This post is a short response that summarizes and addresses 5 main points.
Why the Lightning Network Doesn’t Work
The Lightning Network (LN) is a 2nd layer payment protocol for Bitcoin’s perceived scaling problem. In this article we will outline the technical issues with scaling this network, legal reasons why widespread adoption is incredibly unlikely, and how the proposed solutions end up implemented as centralized solutions relying on trusted 3rd parties, the very entity Bitcoin was created with intent to remove from peer-to-peer transactions.
Why We Invested in TAAL
TAAL is a leading, and publicly traded, Bitcoin transaction processor which has made their name by pushing the limits of the industry and processing multiple world record blocks. TAAL has processed blocks which included over 1.3 M transactions for an average throughput of more than 2000 tps. They have also processed blocks containing over 1 GB of transactions, more than 1000 times more data than possible on crippled networks like BTC.