Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc said this month that Bitcoiners are not being honest with themselves about how well the Lightning Network works. His criticism upset some people in the Bitcoin community. Cointelegraph Magazine covered the dispute on Oct 13, 2026.
Other developers say Lightning has become easier to use. The open question is whether people actually use it for everyday payments. So the two sides disagree on a basic point: whether Lightning is working as well as its supporters say.
The material available to Perp Desk includes no adoption figures and no usage data. It also names no developer who answered Sztorc. Without those, nobody can yet say from this story which side the evidence favours.
For someone already holding a perpetual position, nothing changes directly. The debate is about how Lightning works for its users, not about trading venues. Nothing in the story affects funding rates, trading fees or order-book liquidity on BTC perpetuals at Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX.
Source: cointelegraph — Is Bitcoin kidding itself about the Lightning Network?
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