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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @ek OP 6 Jan \ parent \ on: Baby Stacker Corner #1 meta

Welcome!

How did you find SN? Was anything confusing on your first day?

I don't think I received such a welcome when I joined nostr or any other platform

Yeah, I think it's hard to greet new people on nostr since you only see them if you follow them afaik

115 sats \ 7 replies \ @charonnakamoto 6 Jan

The first time I came across SN was in a local Bitcoiner Instant Messaging group a few months ago. I would read SN every now and then. I wasn't too active as a daily active user

Lately, though, I have been trying to get used to BTC as a MoE instead of only HODLing it as a SoV. So, I decided to spend sats generously(before, I felt spending even 1 Satoshi to post was not HODLing and was like spending a piece of Manhattan real estate—you know where this came from, haha ) and then properly signed up here. I am very pleased with my decision so far :)

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 6 Jan

Welcome!!

65 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek OP 6 Jan

I felt spending even 1 Satoshi to post was not HODLing and was like spending a piece of Manhattan real estate

Haha we've all been there

edit: I see you even already attached a wallet, nice

128 sats \ 4 replies \ @charonnakamoto 6 Jan

Thanks, am going all in on exploring MoE in 2025 :)

I was finding it difficult to do lightning channel management a few years back, so I abandoned LN, except for having very few sats in custodial LN wallets. I feel like some tools like AlbyHub have made this a lot easier nowadays. It’s still a pain, but less of a pain than in the past, haha.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 6 Jan

I use phoenixd and it's also pretty good. You don't have to manage channels etc. but you pay for that convenience with fees.

I think I'll soon run a LND node with a private channel to SN again for those sweet zero-fee payments from and to SN.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @charonnakamoto 6 Jan

In order to open a private channel with SN, where can I find the channel details?

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 6 Jan

https://amboss.space/node/03cc1d0932bb99b0697f5b5e5961b83ab7fd66f1efc4c9f5c7bad66c1bcbe78f02

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @charonnakamoto 6 Jan

I can only open a channel with SN to increase spending capacity via Alby Hub using an on-chain balance. I cannot open a channel to increase receiving capacity using Alby Hub through SN. The only options I get are Megalith, Zeus, and other LSPs. When I dabbled with LND and Thunderhub a few years back, there was a way to rebalance lightning channels. However, I cannot find a way to do that using Alby Hub. I remember why I stopped working with lightning a few years ago. The complexity can be overwhelming. If I have to install ThunderHub, LNDG, or something like that, I will be back to square one.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @charonnakamoto 6 Jan

Was anything confusing on your first day?

I guess I still need to figure out what Cowboy Credits(CC) are. Why do we need CC when we have sats? What is the exchange rate between them? I see some people trying to get in on it by spending sats. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a sh**coin. I feel this has to do with SN going non-custodial at around the same time I joined with full force, but I need to figure out its nuances. I haven't spent much time on this topic, so I don't want to talk too much about it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @charonnakamoto 6 Jan

Was anything confusing on your first day?

Also, this issue of reducing routing fees will be good to get started. Right now 30% of the zaps received are going out in the form of routing fees(I guess) #838895