I hope they hurry up with Raiden, because at this speed and the FOMO on the ICOs the chain is becoming quite difficult to use for normal, every day usage.
But the next steps are absolutely amazing and will bring the project to a total different level!
3 months after your comment. Issues with the BTC/ETH transactions have worsen!
To be honest with the FOMO reduction transactions are much faster now....
https://blockchain.info/charts/avg-confirmation-time look at the average time, compare to June we are in much better shape now ;) But I agree, it is not the optimal solution yet!