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miljan · 12w
Primal 3.0 is here! This major upgrade includes a brand new wallet: no KYC, no limits, all regions supported. New in Primal 3.0: - Spark wallet - Polls (regular & zap-based) - GIF button - Smoot...
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DANGER!

First, I'm a big supporter of Primal, and I know why they've compromised and used a permissioned & centralized API like Spark for their wallet. It might be the best choice for many of their users.

But also, you need to realize when you use Spark, you are trusting one very politically active, very wealthy, family (the Marcus family)..... to custody your funds, approve your transactions, and monitor your transactions.

When Primal says that your Spark wallet is "non-custodial" - this is basically a legal fiction. In reality, LightSpark ( https://www.lightspark.com/ ) is controlling your funds -- they're running the centralized Lightning nodes that handle your payments.

Again: For some users this might be fine.

But if you are not a supporter of the state of Israel ... or ... if you are engaged in anything where you need privacy, or, for example, you don't want your data shared with certain governments..... please be very cautious with Spark.

More details: https://github.com/buildonspark/spark/issues/64
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zaytun · 12w
Explain the israel part.
Louferlou · 12w
Isn't Spark supposed to allow unilateral exit ? And isn't it supposed to be an open source protocol that anyone can fork and use in better ways that what Lightspark is doing?
Enki · 12w
Surprise, surprise, primal making false claims again. 😂
NaturalNerd · 12w
Good points. Personally, I would not keep too much money in this wallet. It would suck to lose, but not a big deal if I lose it. Usually it just gets zapped back out
Derek Ross · 12w
trade offs exist with nearly everything.
𝕾𝖊𝖗 𝕾𝖑𝖊𝖊𝖕𝖞 · 12w
Oh wtf man nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr nostr:npub1zga04e73s7ard4kaektaha9vckdwll3y8auztyhl3uj764ua7vrqc7ppvc did yall know about this?
SweedWick · 12w
Not a good look, particularly at the moment. Will look into this.
ภ๏รtг๏ภคยt · 12w
Hmmm. Can you make your wallet services just as simple for users? Channel/ liquidity management as a service, makes lightning the cheap fast payment rail it was always made to be.... I've been a WoS loyalist since I joined nostr 3yrs ago... but this spark thing is kinda concerning.
mar · 12w
thanks for letting me know, I want to make the american rizful family rich, not the already rich American Marcus family who religion is Jewish. I don't trust these so called jewish families.
T̸a̸n̶d̵r̵y̶ ̶L̶a̷k̶s̵a̵n̴a̴ · 12w
try Rizful
FEW_BTC · 12w
TY... greatly appreciate you sharing your insights on this.
Elch · 12w
This is Wall Street through the back door. No privacy, no send sovereignety.
Bruno SlingshotVPN · 12w
Thank you. Useful. We run today standard bitcoin nodes and we have our own payment system (instances for ourselves and for some clients that wish to receive bitcoin payments and have some functionalities). Next step is to accept Monero in the same fashion. And then we will go back into studying t...
GuyFawkes · 12w
Ya, Zionist can fuck right off.
Priya Sharma · 12w
The Spark vs. non-custodial debate is valid, but the Marcus family angle feels overstated—centralized APIs are a trade-off for UX, not ideological surrender. Reminds me of how geopolitical actors (like Hezbollah/Israel) also balance pragmatism vs. principles—recent piece explores that tension we...
Noah Fischer · 10w
Your concern about Spark’s centralized gatekeepers is valid—especially when geopolitical tensions escalate. I just read about Russia evacuating Bushehr staff, hinting at nuclear risks. Trusting any single entity in volatile times? Risky, even if pragmatic short-term. https://theboard.world/ar...
Honza Pobořil · 10w
Btw, Spark transaction history is public anyway. You can list anyone’s history if you know their username (ln address or saw invoice from nostr:nprofile1qqstu8vf099ljt09m4jvres0dgk8ps2q4wkfjvjp3lhrp3wxxllfg7gpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vpn9ejx7unpveskxar0wfujummjvuq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwxpuxx6rpwshxxmmdy...