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   Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 12:57:50 JST Alex Gleason

   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.

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     Râu Cao ⚡ (raucao@kosmos.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 13:13:03 JST Râu Cao ⚡

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     • Kosmos

     @alex There's a new FOSS implementation for custodial Lightning accounts, since the original lndhub one is deprecated now:

     https://github.com/getAlby/lndhub.go

     We 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

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     Râu Cao ⚡ (raucao@kosmos.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 13:13:06 JST Râu Cao ⚡

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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.

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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 13:20:09 JST Alex Gleason

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     • Ted

     @elw Can you give me a URL to a public lightning node?

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     Ted (elw@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 13:20:14 JST Ted

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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.

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     Ted (elw@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 13:46:15 JST Ted

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     @alex https://1ml.com/node?active=true&public=true

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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 00:03:38 JST Alex Gleason

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     • Jeffrey Haskovec

     @jeff Thanks. I downloaded Zap and have been really confused, especially because none of the QR codes online actually work with it.

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     Jeffrey Haskovec (jeff@haskovec.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 00:04:35 JST Jeffrey Haskovec

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     @alex Muun wallet will let you do Lightning transactions without running your own node.

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     Jeffrey Haskovec (jeff@haskovec.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 00:11:00 JST Jeffrey Haskovec

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     @alex Zap requires a node

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