In light of the upcoming changes to Stacker News' custodial lightning waller (#722833), many are having to look for alternatives. A great option if you have no experience with other wallets or running your own node is the minibits wallet (https://www.minibits.cash/). This wallet is available in the google play store or for download directly from github as an APK (sorry, i0s users...not available to you). This minibits custodial wallet comes with functionality you can use for both sending and receiving sats in Stacker News.

Receiving: Once you've downloaded your minibits wallet and opened it up, navigate to the 'contacts' page in the app. You will be automatically assigned a random ln address hosted by minibits. Use the copy link in the top right corner to copy that ln address.

Now, in Stacker News, navigate to the wallet page and click 'attach wallets.' Click the 'lightning address' option, and input your minibits ln address. Click the 'save' button and if all goes well, you will be pushed back the 'attach wallets' page and there will be a green light in the 'lightning address' section. Sats received on Stacker News will not be forwarded to your minibits wallet.

Sending: In your minibits wallet, navigate to the 'settings' page. Click 'Nostr Wallet Connect'. Click '+ Add Connection.' Customize the name of the connection and select a daily budget for your connection. Once saved, you will now have a nostr wallet connect string available. Click the icon next to the created string and a QR code will pop-up, as well as an option to copy this string.

Now, in Stacker News, navigate to the wallet page and click 'attach wallets.' Click the 'NWC' option. In the 'connection' field, copy the NWC string you created in your minibits app into this field and click 'save.' If all goes well, you will be brought back to the 'attach wallets' page and the NWC section will show a green light. You'll need to add some sats to your minibits wallet, but at this point you will be able to use sats in your minibits wallet to zap in Stacker News.

Conclusion: I think for users that do not want to run their own node, this presents one of the easier and best functioning choices for sending / receiving zaps in Stacker News. Also, its worth noting that the nwc connection relies on push notifications, so if you are using a non-google play store version of the app then the NWC connection may not work as well.