Post AT4hpQpiQyABB2Btrc by alex@gleasonator.com
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(DIR) Post #AT3kPHlLdmHkDkPcKO by alex@gleasonator.com
2023-02-26T03:57:45.206618Z
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Do you really need to run your own lightning node to use Bitcoin Lightning? If so, there’s no way it’ll actually catch on.
(DIR) Post #AT3lm1m3LsgTFP9Mrg by raucao@kosmos.social
2023-02-26T04:03:10Z
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@alex Not at all. There are many options, all the way from running your own full node to using a fully custodial account. Some of the most popular Lightning apps use a hybrid model where you keep one channel open from your "light node" on the phone to a well-connected full node of the app provider.
(DIR) Post #AT3lm2WUZDpZZQsSFU by raucao@kosmos.social
2023-02-26T04:12:11Z
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@alex There's a new FOSS implementation for custodial Lightning accounts, since the original lndhub one is deprecated now:https://github.com/getAlby/lndhub.goWe use this at @kosmos for example, and have wired it up so that all our user addresses are also a Lightning Address.https://lightningaddress.com
(DIR) Post #AT3lmABs3m5bLnI6DY by raucao@kosmos.social
2023-02-26T04:05:34Z
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@alex In the future, Lightning will also be a backbone for layer 3 networks, like e.g. https://fedimint.org, which allows to create community banks, but with full spending privacy (using Chaumian e-cash backed by bitcoin).
(DIR) Post #AT3lmBpbxVTKRKtLnc by raucao@kosmos.social
2023-02-26T04:09:31Z
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@alex ... the hybrid functionality is completely abstracted away from the UI, of course, so users don't have to see or think about channels at all.
(DIR) Post #AT3mLKEkhPiCe1PBMu by colinsmatt11@gleasonator.com
2023-02-26T04:19:03.004599Z
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@alex If Satoshi had a time machine, he would have gone back in time before he created bitcoin to kill myself so lighting could have never been a thing.
(DIR) Post #AT3mOikvziEVYe4qga by elw@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-02-26T04:15:04Z
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@alex no, there are public Lightning nodes just like there are public full nodes and you don’t have to run a full node to use normal Bitcoin.
(DIR) Post #AT3mOjkcINZadww6pU by alex@gleasonator.com
2023-02-26T04:20:04.769574Z
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@elw Can you give me a URL to a public lightning node?
(DIR) Post #AT3ojC4SuYwsB16QAi by elw@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-02-26T04:29:51Z
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@alex https://1ml.com/node?active=true&public=true
(DIR) Post #AT4hpPzxXOlMaVyZBw by jeff@haskovec.social
2023-02-26T15:02:48Z
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@alex Muun wallet will let you do Lightning transactions without running your own node.
(DIR) Post #AT4hpQpiQyABB2Btrc by alex@gleasonator.com
2023-02-26T15:03:32.688503Z
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@jeff Thanks. I downloaded Zap and have been really confused, especially because none of the QR codes online actually work with it.
(DIR) Post #AT4iU8YdHqDOMxbtei by jeff@haskovec.social
2023-02-26T15:10:01Z
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@alex Zap requires a node