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Lightning Network “Suffers From Routing Errors and Wallet Bugs, Impractical Even for Highly Technical Users,” Says Developer
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Andreas Brekken, a former software engineer at Kraken, has been testing the Lightning Network (LN) for a few weeks, concluding:
“Sending payments using the Lightning Network is cheaper than the regular Bitcoin network, but suffers from routing errors and wallet bugs that make it impractical even for highly technical users.”
After setting up a beefed up LN hub that is processing some 50% of all LN transactions, Brekken goes shopping.