jameson.lopp@gmail.com:
Second layer solutions such as Lightning Network do not require the introduction of trusted third parties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrr_zPmEiME Last I recall, they had been implemented in the Elements Project: https://blockstream.com/technology/
Many say such proposals as LN can, are likely to, or will, devolve back into the old centralization / trust / economics problems that cryptocurrencies were born from Cypherpunk to solve, and to expect a continual process of proposing testing and discarding such elements that don't advance that solution. How The Banks Bought Bitcoin - The Lightning Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYHFrf5ci_g Blockstream Turning Bitcoin Into Fiat? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYBOqW9SDmE The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - Hidden Secrets of Money Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDe5kUUyT0 Decentralised Truth: Use Beats Authority (Delegation Wrecks Fools) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCVaabu3J04 https://www.reddit.com/r/btc