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 Believe or not, there are people who are still 100% convinced that the #Lightning Network doesn't work at all. 

What kind of BS is this? #asknostr 
 We have a situation where people listen to influencers more than actually trying it for themselves. 
 Works well for me 🤷‍♀️ 
 People still think a low fat diet is healthier, eggs raise cholesterol, and the State is good. 
 I've seen this article making the rounds and I think people don't have an appreciation of how hard it is to scale a network, and thought there was going to come some unlimited scaling

https://protos.com/critics-claim-buggy-bitcoin-lightning-network-is-slowly-dying/ 
 It’s looked as (incorrectly) competing with layer 1 bitcoin which is un-challengeable 
 I made this meme some years ago... and is still valid
https://i.postimg.cc/sXmH6BvR/vader-power-dark-side.jpg