First come the store of value then comes the digital currency

[bitcoinsc]

Bitcoin is a store of value while technology will bring true to bitcoins white paper. How long will it takes for lightening network to arrive? That's like asking when is 5g available. At least we got segwit.

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[Rath_]

The Lightning Network is already here and it works quite well. Its number of users and nodes is constantly growing which makes it more and more usable. Once more merchants or payment gateways implement it, Bitcoin payments will become incredibly easy, fast and cheap, especially if you compare it to wire transfers or ordinary on-chain payments. I treat Bitcoin as a store of value and a currency - I don't see any reason why would it be something extraordinary.  SegWit was needed for the Lightning Network to work without many changes and its adoption is more than 50% now.

[Herbert2020]

it is actually the exact opposite. bitcoin is first a currency and then people can choose to treat it like anything else they want. some treat it as a store of value, some as a short term investment to make profit from day trading, some for fun and gambling,... but from the start till the end bitcoin is a currency. you can also check out the bitcoin paper written by the creator of bitcoin (Satoshi Nakamoto) and see how he refers to bitcoin as a currency (a payment system,...).

[Kakmakr]

Rome was not built in a day my friend and the same is applicable to the Lightning Network. The adoption of the Lightning Network will take some time and once it takes off, Bitcoin will become the fastest and cheapest global currency in this world.

The store of value feature is a byproduct of the scaling problems and also of the speculation that was sparked from the sudden price spike in 2017.  The White paper mentions Bitcoin's primary function as being a alternative P2P payment network. 

[watchurstep45]

Bitcoin is a store of value while technology will bring true to bitcoins white paper. How long will it takes for lightening network to arrive? That's like asking when is 5g available. At least we got segwit.

I think if the store is coming and then the digital money is coming, it's better to have a store with instant cash because it's now very hard to use digital currency for everyone. If there is a digital store with its own money has this value for people to buy things they want to buy.