2 sats \ 5 replies \ @glix 27 Mar 2023 \ on: zap-tunnel: A tool for non-custodial Lightning Addresses bitcoin
I find the words "custodial" and "non-custodial" non-intuitive. I always find myself performing mental gymnastics to understand what is being point towards. "Self-hosted lightning addresses" is quicker to understand than "Non-custodial lightning addresses" imo
I agree.
Then there is a cognitive/psychological factor: to express a positive result we use a negative input, not the best for the mind, which usually subliminally tends to ignore the negatives and fixate on the main word.
+1 for "self hosted"
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It gets confusing though, technically for this project the lighting address is hosted by someone else but the payments go to your wallet.
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It's hosted by someone else on the default instance but the code is open source so can be self-hosted.
If that is the intention of the project however, the readme file should be updated with instructions on how to do this.
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Sure it can be self hosted but that ruins the point of it. The point is so people can have a lightning address without having to run a webserver. If you are going to self host this, may as just self host a real lightning address.
Yeah I need to actually finish the project and make a proper guide lol
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Agree with you, but it's because these terms are inherited from legal and financial definitions. The public description needs to be clear to regulators to ward them off for a while longer.
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