That's why it's not ready for main-net use yet, but nothing prevents people and services doing so anyway, which is all at their own risk, and I hope they realize that. I however find it better that we face these bumps in current stage instead of later on, because that allows quick intervention to take place. Interesting aspect of this market is that there will always be people with different motivations trying to game the system, but they don't understand that the only thing they are doing is giving Bitcoin and LN the stress-test it needs to iron out any inconveniences. I see people some times talk about how slow LN's progress is, but they don't understand how important it is to not rush such an crucial development. This isn't just an altcoin you can use as testbase. Everything that happens to Bitcoin or people's funds will only result in public damage, and that's exactly why it takes so long.
Precisely why everything "takes so long" when it comes to Bitcoin upgrades or tech updates. People keep asking why things move so slowly or why there are never any release dates. I've come to see the conservativeness of core as necessary. Every time I use an alt and run into issues, every time you see alt wallets push out update week after week, fork issues block issues... I'm always glad to return to the boring stability of Bitcoin.
Would love to test out LN but am aware of my technical deficiences...
