In terms of every day transactions, Bitcoin is just the base layer. Like TCP/IP is the base layer for using Hacker News. Nobody is crafting TCP packets manually when using a website. For every day transactions, protocols higher up in the stack will be used, like the Lightning Network.
The author makes it sound like you need to be tech-savvy to use the Lightning Network.
That is not true.
Using the Lightning Network is just like using any other software. Lightning is just a protocol. The user is not exposed to it. Just like a user is not exposed to SSL, HTTP and TCP when using a website.
The author makes it sound like you need to be tech-savvy to use the Lightning Network.
That is not true.
Using the Lightning Network is just like using any other software. Lightning is just a protocol. The user is not exposed to it. Just like a user is not exposed to SSL, HTTP and TCP when using a website.