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waxwing · 8w
Phoenix can't be mentioned in the same sentence as the others. It's an actual self-custodial lightning wallet that works, seamlessly. "Outrageous fees": as an experiment, I went through my last 5 tran...
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Honestly I don't get why we get into convoluted trusted solutions (trust the statechain entity bro, trust the federation bro) when Phoenix exists.
People will freak out at the onboarding fee without realizing how cheap it is compared to the cost of DIY (I'm talking "mental cost"). IMHO there are 3 factors that can explain this:

- people don't understand how LN works and are afraid of using Phoenix (vs custodial solutions)
- people don't care about self-custody
- people don't use Bitcoin as payment enough to see the point of Phoenix.
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waxwing · 8w
Yes, all good points, but even technical or somewhat technical people seem to think it should be essentially free. I've never quite understood why that mentality is so prevalent.
Gareth Kitchen · 8w
Why should people care about all these things? Payments should be as straightforward as cash.