If you are active in crypto trading, holding etc. Then you will undoubtedly have noticed that the "crackdowns" are expanding and the exchanges are following suit very quickly. "Traveler", a company that detects address-to-address verification, making sure where you send your asset, is part of a system that is approved by the TRISA directory. Crypto.com and Binance are currently using this shit, meaning others will follow suit.
The more crypto enters the retail and industry markets, the more they are finding ways to ensure they can track your transactions, assets and value.
Bitcoin being hard to spend digital gold is inherently opposed to Satoshi's original vision.
lighting network
Layer 2 solutions, not just Lightning, are all bandaids, instead of actually scaling the underlying protocol. They almost always allow fuckery to the umpteenth order, and can break in unpredictable ways.
Lightning network in specific, however, is just more corporate capture B/S by Blockstream, who claim it's free to use, except for the whole "Implement it commercially and you have to pay royalties on it".