10 sats \ 11 replies \ @shyfire 20 Jun 2023 \ parent \ on: Why I'm done with non-custodial mobile Lightning wallets bitcoin
I suppose the reality is that some people just want to use money as a tool that "just works", and don't want to dedicate 100+ hours into figuring out how to use it.
This is not a knowledge problem. Phoenix "just works" more than any other wallet out there.
This is a guy mad about paying fees and would rather a bank hold his funds. You can spend hundreds of hours learning, or you can touch the stove once.
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It might "just work" better than any other wallet out there, that does not mean it's accessible for noobs. Especially if
every other receiving transaction opened a new channel with 3000 sat fees, that doesn't sound like a great experience.reply
Phoenix it is indeed the most accessible for noobs.
But there's this misconception that payments over LN must be free...
This is what Tony was trying to tell you: users must do their learning about how the use all these wallets.
Yes, is not so easy for many new people, but Bitcoin means responsibility for your own actions, including hours and hours of testing, learning, reading etc. Only like that you achieve the level of knowledge that could offer you full self-custody.
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Yes, people are lazy. That's what I was saying. Most people are busy trying to get laid or whatever, or hell even just get by, and don't have the inclination into figuring out money.
Once self-custodial wallets are as simple to use as cash app I think we have a fighting chance. Until then, yes many will get what the deserve.
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Hey it's still faster and easier to send and receive payments than waiting for authorization from my bank
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Nope, that was Muun, but they did some weird stuff.
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No, Muun is not a LN wallet.
Read more here
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison
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I know, but the noob doesn't care. It has a great UX and worked just fine for some lightning payments and I used it to swap ln to btc and vice versa!
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For as long as this is true, it will be easy to take time and resources from people. People seem to care a lot about having time and resources taken from them.
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