From lf-lists at mattcorallo.com  Mon Jan 16 03:06:02 2017
From: lf-lists at mattcorallo.com (Matt Corallo)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 03:06:02 +0000
Subject: [Lightning-dev] LN without SegWit: less efficient or
	less	secure?
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On January 15, 2017 9:30:48 PM EST, Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
>If segwit doesn't activate, something is badly broken in Bitcoin.  This
>is not really a lightning issue; there's been no significant technical
>objection to segwit, and it really does make Bitcoin work better.

Depends on your point of view.... If you want a digital gold and don't care too much about payments, segwit not activating may be a good thing. It is a strong indication of how hard it is to change Bitcoin, and may even be an indication Bitcoin will never change in a major way again - a strong confirmation of exactly what you'd want from Bitcoin.