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Hey, that's awesome and great news! Does Machankura act as an LSP, or is an external LSP used? And is the goal to offer a "gradual wallet" experience (users would start with a "legacy" phone-linked Machankura account and then move to self-custody when reaching a certain amount), or is it more to offer self-custody from the start to users equipped with smartphones?
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Agreed, that's why Phoenix tries to abstract pretty much everything away from the user. Maybe they could abstract even more things, but then since it's self custody there are things you **have** to tell the user. And when you charge them fees, users **want** to know how much and why. Seems to me that's the only two things Phoenix still explains in its interface.
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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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The third issue of Latest Strikes ⚡ Reborn is out! It's a bit late because I was visiting citadels with the gf during an extended week-end. To make up for it, there are a few castle pics inside 🏰📸

Also inside:
- @nprofile1q... 's Core Lightning release
- @nprofile1q... 's LDK release
- LND release
- 3 LND vulnerabilities discloses, courtesy of Matt Morehouse

@naddr1qqrn...
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Honestly it amazes me. I've been using it on and off, with extended periods (years) where it was sitting in a drawer. I guess the battery probably degraded a bit, but I recharged it yesterday, left it idle all night and listened to some music this morning, and the displayed battery level hasn't moved.
Another great thing is that it's still natively supported inside Apple Music on Mac, letting me easily put music inside. Apple doesn't even sell iPods anymore!