The proposal to temporarily restrict arbitrary data in Bitcoin transactions lacks economic nodes, protocol developers, and hashrate. History from the 2017 UASF shows nodes succeed only with broad investor and developer weight behind them.
Operating a Lightning node remotely can be incredibly rewarding — but only if approached with the same seriousness you’d apply to running a financial service. Because in many ways, that’s exactly what it is: Running a Lightning node is hard, but becoming a node runner is worth it.
Voltage and Google Cloud are collaborating to offer global Lightning Network solutions, enabling real-time payments with near-zero fees for enterprises.