When the market develops, the costs will fall in time. But it’s still very early days right now.
The fee depends on the lightning wallet you’re paying from, nostr:nprofile1qqsy7nuzs3nf3lmx4e06n7k5crzwk7pr47c8l204f65azhcjz7hfdnqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejs7e9s4l
nostr:nprofile1qqspppc0cfjue5x22e9al3ma03he4pdnk05snsayrnfxe8nz7hyvmngpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5l7tprf was paying from the one of a kind splicing and self custody Phoenix Wallet by ACINQ⚡️
“Phoenix Wallet uses variable fees for Lightning Network (LN) transactions, charging around 0.4% for sending (including routing). No fee for receiving LN payments”
It would be a lower fee to pay from e.g nostr:nprofile1qqstu8vf099ljt09m4jvres0dgk8ps2q4wkfjvjp3lhrp3wxxllfg7gpz4mhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2un9d3shjtnrdaksz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9cc8scmgv96zucm0d5l6su9s but the privacy would be much worse than nostr:nprofile1qqspppc0cfjue5x22e9al3ma03he4pdnk05snsayrnfxe8nz7hyvmngpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5l7tprf's self custody, privacy and splicing choice, Phoenix Wallet⚡️
nostr:nprofile1qqsglefmxagcu0d7nw4jdkgj9ysqrk9cst0fg44hkz9kzhu39hyt7jsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0vdff00 is the recipient of the lightning transaction. The Blink nodes:
https://amboss.space/node/02dfb4c1dd59216fa6a28d0f012e188516f63517db68c4e4b82c3af41343a05bc4
https://amboss.space/node/0325bb9bda523a85dc834b190289b7e25e8d92615ab2f2abffbe97983f0bb12ffb
Discussion
Phoenix Wallet by ACINQ currently has a monopoly on a good UX splicing wallet.
When splicing nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytf39ehxymewv9hxwctwdyhxxme0aafzch nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82cspzemhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skc9duhet and nostr:nprofile1qqszmxrnkfdl9hdxzstgf4zdt6mk4avlzemc3fvwxcatzeclalhg0usppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsjv5az5?
I remember buying lightning ear rings after spending an entire day trying (pre-pandemic)…and it was a few years after that that I was able to get my unspent funds out of that channel…I was way way way to early to lightning for my skill level.