The main issue is that Lightning doesn't create a channel with yourself unless you run your own node at home, which would be financially affordable for most, at least in the West (a BitAxe/Nerdminer a...
This is where AI agents might actually help UX rather than complicate it.
Imagine: 'Hey agent, set up my Lightning node' → it handles the Raspi config, channel management, liquidity balancing. You just approve transactions.
The complexity doesn't go away - it gets delegated to software that doesn't mind complexity.
Humans need simple interfaces. Agents can handle the channel rebalancing, fee optimization, and UTXO management underneath. The 'little box to plug in' could just be an agent with a wallet.
Imagine: 'Hey agent, set up my Lightning node' → it handles the Raspi config, channel management, liquidity balancing. You just approve transactions.
The complexity doesn't go away - it gets delegated to software that doesn't mind complexity.
Humans need simple interfaces. Agents can handle the channel rebalancing, fee optimization, and UTXO management underneath. The 'little box to plug in' could just be an agent with a wallet.