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264 sats \ 6 comments \ @itsMoro 20 May lightning

I've been experimenting with LNBits and the NWC provider extension. Something cool about it is that you can configure which relay you use for the NWC connection strings. Anyone have a good understanding of what info you give to a relay you are using for an lnbits wallet running with your own node ? I've tried using my own relay running at home but the experience was pretty shitty compared to when i say just plug in wss://relay.getalby.com .

Appreciate any insight from my lightning savvy stackers :)

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220 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 21 May

We use Primal's relay for dev testing, but you'd probably do well using any of the primary public relays.

NWC payloads are E2EE so privacy is pretty excellent. NWC events do identify themselves as NWC events though, and afaik for the life of a NWC string, it has a stable "identity" from the relay's perspective. The only other thing you might need to be concerned about is IP addresses.

The NIP is a pretty easy read imo: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/47.md

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro OP 21 May

thank you! really appreciate the info and the link.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro OP 21 May

commenting on my own post here, but anyone know if NWC strings can have more than one relay listed, as like a backup relay ? not sure how i'd configure that in lnbits but seems like it'd make sense for some redundancy in the relay options.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 21 May

There are at least 2 dedicated NWC relays that I know of: Alby NWC Relay and NWCLay. This list should stay up to date.

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @MaxAWebster 21 May

Whoops I posted that logged out ;) Tagging @Alby as well here in case they can help

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro OP 21 May

Thank you!