But with more than 1,000 nodes already supporting Lightning's mainnet, it likely won't be long until these, and other applications, can make the leap
toward full functionality on Lightning Network's growing architecture.
Yet, with automobiles quickly becoming the next tech battleground — both in terms of the extra
functionality manufacturers are cramming into them, and in regards to their inexorable march
toward full automation — that long - held simplicity is looking frail indeed.