Lightning Network is about to explode

there is no incentive to run the LN? that's pretty fucked up and makes no sense

read this
medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-time-value-of-bitcoin-and-lnrr-e0c435931bd8
Lightning is still new and figuring out proper optimizations of liquidity and fees, but eventually there will be a reference rate that's created

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Vapor ware

i'm asking legitimate questions which you are obviously unwilling to respond. bitcoin's hashrate has been increasing exponentially every 2 weeks because the conditions are good enough for some investors to invest in mining equipment (etiher due to low capital cost, low electricity cost, or due to their in house asic development). what i'm asking (which you are tying so hard to not answer) is how is the LN supposed to function without anyone to settle LN transactions on the main chain when block rewards are zero and transaction fees are not high enough?
some ln nodes don't even charge any transaction fees in the name of supporting the network. how are you even supposed to compete against that?

>some ln nodes don't even charge any transaction fees in the name of supporting the network
That's healthy at this stage. You're used to shitcoin scams instead of actual tech development. The free nodes will grow in traffic until it's costing them noticeable amounts which gives a baseline for reasonable pricing. The less they make on the few transactions now the better it will scale under real pressure.

You can't even profit from that

What about recent hacks? When will it be ready for prime time? Seems like alpha software

Lightning network will never scale as long as there are high on chain fees

you can literally run a node for around $150 with a raspberry pi and an external hdd. given the decreasing trend in storage cost and size, cost of running an ln node will never ever reach to a noticeable amount enough for some to stop running their ln nodes for free.

Every single LN node operator has lost money so far