10 sats \ 7 replies \ @clownworld 22 Jan 2023 \ parent \ on: We've changed our mind about Custodial Wallets bitcoin
Phoenix is super easy to use. What was your issue with Phoenix?
Phoenix would have been great, but 2 main issues for us.
-
Has 24 fiat currencies listed and not a single one of them is African. If you're used to buying a bag of rice for x amount, you'll want to see that amount displayed alongside the sats. Also your balance.
-
First payment you receive must be at least 10k sat. Not an issue for us during the testing phase, but might exclude some of the users we're trying to help for taking part in the circular economy. And without every single person included, we can't get mass adoption.
I think if they can fix (1), we could probably manage (2) via donations.
But agreed, Phoenix definitely one of the best.
reply
So I don't know have technical your team is, but if its technical enough, you guys could fork Phoenix and be the "LSP" (Lightning Service Provider) instead.
https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix
and for 2, I can imagine that donation message now. "Your donation of 10k sats or more could help someone using a custodial account get a lightning wallet" the maxi in me that hates custodial would go send send send
reply
Thanks for the suggestion. We've got one js-developer, but he's not worked with that stack before, although everything can be learned over time. The only issue with forking code is you then have to be able to maintain it and do bug fixes, we haven't got the resources to do that on a long-term basis. But great idea and good to know about the possibilities. Didn't realize Phoenix was open-source.
reply
You could also probably just open an issue on the github page asking for the addition of whatever African currencies you need.
reply
Thanks, need to make a note and get this done
reply
A dev team would certainly be open to adding a certain currency if you ask!
reply
Good point, we might reach out to Phoenix directly
reply