I'm kinda increasingly bearish on Lightning. The experience seems way worse than, say, a year ago. I'm rarely able to make payments anymore for anything higher than a few hundred sats, whether I'm using Mutiny or a custodial wallet like Alby (let alone my own node, gave up on actually using that for payments ages ago). Like I'm trying to buy an Amazon card for ~100k sats right now and all I get is payment pending.
I normally dislike AI "art" and try to avoid generating too much of it, but I'm making an exception today. The progression of bitcoin's blockchain has always felt like a giant solid marble statue to me, beautiful and tangible. This is my third epoch and I love being here witnessing these milestones. Happy 5th, everyone! #bitcoin #halving #halvening