They should have replaced it with Lightning Network, is amazingly fast and cheap and works on top of Bitcoin. I'm running a test node, this stuff really works!
> Lightning is a decentralized network using smart contract functionality in the blockchain to enable instant payments across a network of participants.
> Lightning is a decentralized network using smart contract functionality in the blockchain to enable instant payments across a network of participants.
In case you are curious https://lightning.network and another good resource here https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7pwna9/lightning_n...