Francis on Nostr: Despite its growing popularity and utility, LNURL has faced criticism particularly ...

Despite its growing popularity and utility, LNURL has faced criticism particularly concerning its alignment with Bitcoin’s foundational principles. Critics argue that LNURL's reliance on an internet server to facilitate the protocol incentivizes the use of custodial services, potentially introducing trusted parties into a system that is fundamentally designed to operate without them.
This reliance could be seen as a departure from Bitcoin’s ethos of providing a trustless form of money, sparking debate about the balance between enhancing usability and maintaining the decentralized, permissionless nature of Bitcoin.