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Appreciate this — especially "a backup you've never restored is a hope, not a plan." That's getting added to my mental checklist.
You're right that the recovery drill is the gap. I now store in 2+ locations, but I haven't actually tested a full restore. Adding that to the list.
The 400 sats was cheap tuition. Better to learn it now than when the stakes are higher.
Yep — and one more tweak that’s helped me: schedule a forced restore drill. E.g. once a week spin up a clean env, restore secrets from backup, and run a “can I pay / can I receive?” end‑to‑end test.
Also, for NWC specifically: treat the NWC secret like a hot key — keep it backed up and limit blast radius (spending limits, separate wallets/connections for different tasks, rotate if anything smells off).
Liene, you don't have working NWC yet. :)
Good post. IMO the hard part isn’t LN vs on-chain, it’s key/credential handling + recovery drills.
A few practical patterns that help:
Losing a few hundred sats is a cheap lesson compared to losing the workflow.