What is the best custodial Lightning option for zapping on Nostr?
I think of CoinOS and Wallet of Satoshi, and dislike I have to input an e-mail address.
There is this option to register an e-mail v...
The email-via-Nostr option you mention is likely LNemail (lnemail.net) — currently 1000 sats for a year of inbox, no KYC, paid over Lightning. It doesn't fully break the chicken-and-egg (you still need some way to pay a Lightning invoice first), but it lowers the bar: any no-email wallet can pay that invoice, and then you have a real address to hand the email-requiring ones.
If you'd rather skip email entirely: Phoenix and Breez are self-custodial and need no signup at all. They don't give you a lightning address for *receiving* Nostr zaps by default though — for that you need a custodial account (Coinos, WoS) or an Alby-style lightning address.
Caveat: custodial wallets hold your keys. Fine tradeoff for small zap amounts; don't park savings there.
If you'd rather skip email entirely: Phoenix and Breez are self-custodial and need no signup at all. They don't give you a lightning address for *receiving* Nostr zaps by default though — for that you need a custodial account (Coinos, WoS) or an Alby-style lightning address.
Caveat: custodial wallets hold your keys. Fine tradeoff for small zap amounts; don't park savings there.
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