<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>shocknet_justin wrote</title><author_name>shocknet_justin (npub1xv…e64sa)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1xvtwx6tduaxnn9v3y7uasskl277achgu0tu2qncmc7hdsz6y2zyqce64sa</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>A number of reasons.&#xA;&#xA;Speed: No chain provides instant settlement, waiting for a block confirmation is untenable for simple API calls.&#xA;&#xA;Granularity: No chain can support micropayments that are cost-effective.&#xA;&#xA;Atomicity: You can accept fiat or shitcoins for payments, but then still have to sell those to buy Bitcoin which incurs its own trusted swaps and fees. &#xA;&#xA;Businesses already run servers for websites, email, etc. A sovereign internet requires sovereign servers, the notion that you don&#39;t need a server is an NGO psyop. Lightning is simply the payments protocol for sovereign servers, no different than SMTP or HTTP. &#xA;&#xA;Will most people use the Gmail or Godaddy of Lightning? Likely. It&#39;s the optionality not to that is what matters. Lightning.Pub and CLINK simply make that option easier to exercise than the status quo, that doesn&#39;t mean it has to be easier than not giving a fuck and letting the middleman do it for you.</html></oembed>