Lightning-Network VS LightningRod

The main problem in my mind with the Lightning network is that in order increase transaction speed, it is reducing the decentralization by requiring participants to trust the other network operators that they create channels with. For the lightning network to really scale to a global payment system, we would need large central hubs for the payments to route through and you would end up with a poor imitation of the centralized banking system that bitcoin is attempting to avoid.

This page is a good collection of issues and criticisms of LN: https://github.com/davidshares/Lightning-Network

Bitcoin specifically, transactions times and the layering, in essence the lightning network, has been a failure amid many embarrassing risks (some of which allowing for the possibility of a contract being intercepted). https://github.com/davidshares/Lightning-Network amounts to absolutely not being an effective currency system from the get go. An absolute waste of energy. Deflationary by design meaning a disincentive to sell baked into it. The volatile value means a completely undesirable means of exchange.

Lightning network is an off-chain L2 solution, not bitcoin. Also terribly unreliable and vulnerable: https://github.com/davidshares/Lightning-Network

The truth about the Lightning Network: https://github.com/davidshares/Lightning-Network

And I'm listing literally just a few issues. There's a more comprehensive list here.

There is actually a solution for that, called Lightning Rod.[0] It should allow asynchronous payment flows when running LN nodes on a mobile device, which are offline most of the time. I'm not sure if it has been implemented yet (probably not).

[0] https://github.com/breez/LightningRod

Misleading, since sender also needs to be online to broadcast an on-chain payment. Also, there are a number of implementations or proposal that alleviate the requirement for the recipient to be online. e.g. online sender, offline PoS). With regards to both being online at the same time, this is alleviated by trustless service providers like submarine swaps or async LN protocols. Also note that the on-chain alternatives advertised here often include a trusted, closed-source on-chain wallets which connect to hardcoded nodes, as long as they are offline, you can't move your funds using the wallet.