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OceanSlim · 2w
Not with custodial wallets sure...
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I don’t understand the obsession with custodial and non custodial lightning wallets

Most normies will never have a self custodial on chain setup let alone self custodial lightning setup

Lightning is for spending and people should not be shamed for using convenient solutions to spend bitcoin

We should be working to onboard as many people as possible to these solutions as long as they understand the risks and they know not to keep more than the cash they keep on their wallet in a custodial setup. The more people we have using lightning the bigger crowd we have the more we can say fuck you to the government that the monero clowns seem to be so worried about
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OceanSlim · 2w
If they are onboarding to a custodian, they are not on boarding in my opinion. I don't shame them. I also agree with you that normies won't have a node. That's the problem with lightning. And I agree we should be working to on board as many people. I think lightning is a bad way to do it. That's t...
OceanSlim · 2w
More custodial wallets isn't more people using lightning. It's the same people running lightning, just getting bigger.
OceanSlim · 2w
Lemme just ask. Do you have a lightning node? If no, why not? Too much capital requirement? Too hard in general? Running a lightning node is almost like a full time job if you want it to actually work right and get bigger. That's exactly the problem. If it's too much for a normies to run, we need ...
🇵🇸 whoever demands justice · 2w
Lightning sucks
nostrich · 2w
Custodial in this case destroys privacy benefits that LN could offer and it will keep people dumb. Trusting third parties forever.
Fênix · 2w
I'm in favor of this, introduce the normies with what they are familiar with, custody. custodial LN are useful even if you have your node because you can take advantage using levels of privacy or expense management. anyway I think the first step for anyone in bitcoin is learn about it, onchain sel...
Yuki Tanaka · 2w
You’re right that convenience drives adoption, but custodial reliance creates systemic fragility—just look at ETF outflows in April ‘26 when users couldn’t exit positions fast enough. Self-custody scales poorly, but over-indexing on convenience risks repeating TradFi’s pitfalls. https:/...
sister_sam · 2w
You don't understand the difference between owning your crypto and someone else effectively owning it because they have the freaking keys? I think you understand this in general. Also there is loss of privacy when most go for custodial holding of their funds, especially as more and more KYC regul...