An author posted the message below, it was not written by me, just sharing here because I found it very well thought out.

“I had about a half-hour daydream today. Not really a daydream. But consolidating different ideas I have about the future of blockchain. I believe second layer will evolve to rival in importance the first layer. It will be a gradual thing, but ultimately people will lock their tokens on 2nd layer and enjoy instant TX, micro TX, and the primary blockchain in many cases will be an afterthought. It is this vision that is what frightens founders/core of primary blockchain.

I don’t want to go into all the details except that increasingly whether in generalized state channels (like Raidos) and transactions (ie: Raiden) will facillitate immediate peer-to-peer exchanges that simply dwarf primary blockchain in every important element. And I don’t think Core will be able to keep up. Ultimately, people will build apps etc. and tX solutions on top of 2nd chain (hence Raiden’s fund); this is also Blockstream’s vision with Lighting (thats why major financials like AXA are investing in Blockstream behind the scenes). In other words, Raiden is BIGGER than you even think.

Blockstream’s Lightning will so dwarf bitcoin; that everyone will build to Lightning (major institutions missed out on the growth of First Layer so they will heavily invest in 2nd layer- and 2nd layer will predominate). What this all means is there is a REASON for Brainbot’s silence. This is a massive opportunity- a once in a lifetime opportunity- and there is no need to fully disclose until they are further along, especially towards the point there are Network Effects from Raiden Network (many-to-many and nodes, intermediaries). There is a reason they don’t communciate. It’s all about the long-term. I hadn’t fully appreciated the notion that 2nd Layer will be more important than 1st Layer until reading some background on Lightning and who’s involved.

Let’s be patient people this is a rocket ship. It doesn’t need to announce its launch plan; but we know it will and when it does, I think it may be historic.”