Honestly I think it's a good thing since they want to encourage self custody. They're still providing solutions toward managing a self custody ln wallet within the blue wallet app.
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Agreed, moved my sats to SN. This will force me to learn to set up my own lightning node which I have been putting off since there's just so much to learn.
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2 months for a million users to withdraw dozens of bitcoins?
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They need to make a 20 dollar device, plug it in, create private keys and a LN address, and thats it. Too much friction right now
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Curious if they are getting pressure from the letter boys (IRS FBI CIA)
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Wow. Kind of sad. The technology in lightning is really advancing rapidly.
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I don't think it's sad at all. Kudos to Blue for encouraging self custody.
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Not your channel not our sats :)
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So today I went to pay to a merchant and she couldn't receive the payment because BlueWallet. Awful experience and bad rep for bitcoin. It was a bad move to announce this by surprise without a grace period.
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Exactly I've actually never seen a bluewallet user successfully pay me (I'm a merchant).
So it's good that they got rid of something that never really worked
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If somebody wants to run their own lndhub: we maintain an API compatible version written in Go: https://github.com/getalby/lndhub.go It is has no run-time dependency and is deployable. Currently it is using PostgreSQL for data storage - but SQLite would actually also be supported.
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Is there a way to migrate from Blue Wallet to something else and maintain or my connections with Alby / Stacker News etc?
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I'm afraid there isn't. You will have to unlink and link to your new wallet. I would make sure beforehand that I have a backup method such as email to avoid getting yourself locked out.
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WoS next, then Alby.
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Hope not this trend continues. I bit frightning tbh
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After reading the article again, its not that bad actually. Was too early with my reply and too late for delete 😳
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Can you EL5 what i have to do to save my LN sats? I have LndHub installed on my Umbrel OS , i created a LN Wallet on BlueWallet app using the link from my LndHub, what now? Do i have to open channels etc?
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Your personal LndHub instance will still function normally. BlueWallet are only shutting down their custodial LndHub instance at lndhub.io.
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I have no experience with LndHub. Was only unjustified worried about the decision of BlueWallet. I think competition to Lightning Network makes it only stronger. But your question is more about the usage of LndHub, which I am not familiar with. Good luck.
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Not your keys not your coins.
Not your utxos, not your lightning sats.
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