I seriously ask myself what advantage do custodial *third party hosted" lightning wallets offer over bank accounts?
Its a serious question, i would appreciate if you could help me answer it.
Custodial wallets:
  • its not your keys, so its not your coins
  • how can you prove that the wallet provider doesnt display more sats in the wallets than it actually has?
  • it offers no privacy as the wallet provider sees all transactions
  • only few merchants accept lightning, credit/debit cards are used everywhere
  • with a xapo card i even get 1% cashback in sats
  • you can load your card with btc / usdt on xapo
  • you have a 100k deposit insurance, a lightning provider has none
  • with lightning i have to pay the fee additionally to the price. the credit card fees are priced in and the merchant pays them
  • i can withdraw btc to cold storage from xapo like i can from a lightning wallet
  • if the feds want to seize your sats, they can take them from the wallet provider
  • blink had the feds ask for transaction details in .sv already, Nicolas confirmed that
I am not trolling, i am just not getting what advantages lightning offers with custodial wallets?
maybe i am too stupid, so please help me out and let me know what advantages you see with custodial wallets?
Thank you.
Simple answer, the reserve system. Banks lend your funds out as part of the business model.
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