38 sats \ 1 reply \ @ACYK OP 4 Sep \ parent \ on: My journey to find the ideal Uncle Jim node bitcoin
I second @brian_sabc, a lot of PoW out there now with what you've been building. Just sent a little support to lightningpub@geyser.fund as well. Thanks.
Awesome, thanks for all of this great info. Maybe I'll wait for the "Friends and Family" app to be ready, and then go through the full workflow of setting up Alby hub, getting some initial liquidity, and setting a family member up with a wallet (testing out the Friends and Family App, as well as the Jim App). Really appreciate it!
Yea, the reason I started with Shockwallet is it seems there is a lot of great innovation going on to sidestep the tradeoff between the speed/reliability of tor and the security tradeoffs of other solutions when making a node available over clearnet. On that note, have you considered applying for an OpenSats grant? The intersection of lightning, Nostr, doing things differently and formalizing NIPS, open source development, etc. It all seems to overlap with the types of things OpenSats funds. Would be well deserved and worth considering.
Thanks! Compared to your wealth of useful guides, I’m not sure I can call this a guide, however, I figured I’d at least drop in a progress update in case anyone else was on a similar journey. I plan to put together a more complete comparison after I have tested out each of these three options.
I should have said StartOS 0.4 and not Start9. I’ve seen in multiple places that StartOS 0.3.6 is expected to have initial clearnet support (likely via command line without much documentation) with 0.4.0 being a more complete rollout with GUI support and more documentation.
Here is one such mention: Configure Start9's Firewall.
Here is the link to the GitHub milestones for these releases: GitHub Milestones.
Maybe someone else can chime in with more details. I’ve just seen "wait for v0.4" mentioned enough times in various places to be on my radar, but I don’t have a lot of specific details.
Not yet. I had a couple questions and @justin_shocknet was very helpful on the Shockwallet Telegram. Alby is in here already offering help with Alby Hub and I haven’t gotten to that one yet. One nice thing about these options is they all seem to have developers very eager to help which is incredible.
Thanks! I’m sure I’ll have questions as I get into it. My general plan the next day I get a few hours to play around with it (likely next week) will be working through the following (and likely generating some questions in the process):
- Install Alby Hub, likely on the Raspberry Pi4 I have my Raspiblitz LND node running on (no channels open on it, as it was offline for a while for a move).
- See how easy it is to get Alby Hub set up with an LSP to start such as Phoenixd.
- See if it is possible to onboard a family member with a single link (something I really like about Shockwallet). Even better if I can send a single link that provides a pre-funded wallet (not yet in Shockwallet, but coming soon). If not, I’ll move forward with giving them an Alby referral and make notes on the workflow of them getting set up and adding a NWC Connection Secret provided by me.
- Go through the process of adding NWC to send and receive from Alby Hub in Stacker News (something Shockwallet can’t do yet).
- Go through the process of adding NWC to send and receive from Alby Hub in various Nostr clients (something Shockwallet can’t do yet).
- Connect to Alby in a few Podcasting 2.0 Apps that support connecting via Alby, such as Podverse, Castamatic, Podcast Guru, etc. (something Shockwallet can’t do yet).
- Assess the options for static payment addresses (Lightning address, Bolt12 address). For example, does a user still get a getalby.com lightning address even if the Alby Hub is behind Tor and only connecting via NWC? What are the options for me to bring my own domain and make custom lightning addresses? Is Bolt12 support on the roadmap (or already possible)?
- If I change the funding for my Alby Hub (move from Phoenixd to opening my own channels in LND) is that all hidden from family members who may be using my Alby hub via NWC? i..e no reconfiguring for them?
- Can I connect to my LND backend (which is connected to Alby Hub) via Zeus so I can open larger channels via hardware wallet that when closed, go back to being secured via my hardware wallet? Are there other more direct ways to open channels in Alby Hub via hardware wallet?
- Are there any issues (speed, reliability, etc.) with being behind tor that I need to figure out a secure way to get my Alby Hub directly reachable on clearnet?
@justin_shocknet, @koob, a Lightning.Pub attached wallet option for SN would be awesome. Is that something that would be possible?
Nostur. I like making different groups of npubs I follow and seeing those separate feeds. I like the ability to quickly change the timeframe of the ‘hot’ feed (48hr to 2hr, list of 6 options). I like the ‘Discover’ feed. The alerts for specific npubs is nice.
I use Zeus because it works for me every time. However, it is far from ‘instant.’ If I am at a merchant, I have to make sure to open Zeus early so it can get through these first three screenshots on its own, then I have to swipe down on the fourth screenshot (top of the channels tab) until the total inbound/outbound no longer shows zero. Then I’m ready for a successful lightning payment. I just do this before I’m ready to check out.
What would it take for Lightning.Pub to be a LNbits funding source? Other than someone who understands LNbits funding sources to make a pull request, is that something that would theoretically be possible?
What’s the cheapest per month VPS you’ve tested Lightning.Pub on that accepts lightning payments for the VPS?
10 sats \ 1 reply \ @ACYK 29 Jul \ parent \ on: Coal Powered Steamboat - Captured July 2024 Photography
Circling back to add one more comment in case this makes it on the roadmap at some point. When importing conversations, there are a number of situations where simply being able to paste in the json text might be easier than uploading a file if that would be possible.
Sorted by Participants Per Million (I.e. pasting this photo into ChatGPT and asking for a markdown table sorted by PPM)
Rank | Country | Population (Approx.) | Participants | PPM |
---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Germany | 83 Million | 428 | 5.16 |
12 | Japan | 121 Million | 403 | 3.33 |
3 | United States | 341 Million | 592 | 1.74 |
14 | Egypt | 114 Million | 148 | 1.30 |
7 | Brazil | 217 Million | 274 | 1.26 |
18 | Turkey | 86 Million | 102 | 1.19 |
10 | Mexico | 129.4 Million | 107 | 0.83 |
20 | Thailand | 71 Million | 51 | 0.72 |
17 | Iran | 89 Million | 40 | 0.45 |
6 | Nigeria | 229 Million | 88 | 0.38 |
2 | China | 1.42 Billion | 388 | 0.27 |
11 | Ethiopia | 129 Million | 34 | 0.26 |
13 | Philippines | 118 Million | 22 | 0.19 |
16 | Vietnam | 99 Million | 16 | 0.16 |
4 | Indonesia | 279 Million | 29 | 0.10 |
1 | India | 1.44 Billion | 117 | 0.08 |
15 | DR Congo | 105 Million | 6 | 0.06 |
5 | Pakistan | 245 Million | 7 | 0.03 |
8 | Bangladesh | 174 Million | 5 | 0.03 |
9 | Russia | 144 Million | NA | NA |
Doubt they’re paying for the channel opens, and providing unlimited inbound liquidity to everyone’s self-custodial node. Has to be some fees somewhere. I also looked through the blog post and didn’t find an answer. Exciting new option though, the more options the better.