211 sats \ 3 replies \ @0330830bf9 14 Nov 2023 \ on: Mutiny Wallet forced closed, on-chain balance zero bitcoin
Mutiny is still a fully trusted solution unless you host it yourself, in which case you're better off running a proper remote node on a Pi / VPS or with Voltage etc.
Force closes happen more often because of hacky workarounds like hold invoice flows for async payments, and spotty connectivity that comes with a roaming device.
LDK also isn't a serious project, to date it's just a hole for shady grant money to attack Lightning with shit like Bolt12 and tricking people into thinking mobile nodes are trustless.
The common denominator I've seen across Bitcoin is that almost everything Blockstream is involved with (either directly, or through employee involvement) turns out to be shit, yet God forbid you point out Blockstream's corporatization of and repeated attacks on Bitcoin with shit like Liquid.
>"oNlY bCaShErS mAkE tHaT aRgUmEnT"
Lol.
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Well they've raised like 200M in funding with little to show, so like half of the ecosystem is on their payroll even if in an indirect capacity.
Bolt12 is a logical thing for them to push as it would make users oblivious to whether or not they're using lightning vs. mints / liquid, and their greenlight cloud would have a feature benefit as sovereign nodes become crippled by the added latency.
The question is why is Spiral so aggressive in pushing it? Is it as simple as Matt and Steve ego's make them incapable of honest conversations? or is it something else?
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LDK is not related to Blockstream in any way.
It is indeed a serious project, albeit a WIP.
All LDK wallets are beta stage at best, and I'm pretty sure they all warn their users as much.
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