I’m trying to orange pill some friends. Any #recommendations for easy to understand overview of ⚡️network, channel management, liquidity? I’ve found great content but it’s mostly by nerds for nerds. #asknostr
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of channel nerds some nerds. trying great for content ⚡️network, I’m management, friends. pill liquidity? Any but found understand to orange #recommendations I’ve by #asknostr to mostly for easy it’s overview
As a not quite savy enough person:
Don't. I hate everything about the lightning backend and cannot wait until it dies. You are gonna loose sats figuring it out. It's got a piss poor UX/UI in nearly all cases. Zapping people? Fine.
Running your own node? I'm probably never going to.
AlbyHub has worked flawlessly for me for a while now. Ive been using a single Megalith-supported channel without any major issue the entire time. I think it cost me 13500 sats to open it many months ago. FWIW
Yes, but as a counterpoint, other people have had issues. Some of it is lack of understanding, others are just oddities, but... This just goes back to my point that the UX/UI is not good. By good, I mean simple, straightforward, easy to understand, and, preferably, cheap. (I don't consider that amount cheap.)
It's not cheap you're right, but if it remains open for many years I'll consider it cheap, but it's unknown whether they'll unilaterally close it without notice sometime and discounting for that makes it expensive still, I agree.
Running a lightning is not recommended for non techies IMO. A bitcoin node, absolutely, it's not difficult. Recommend Pheonix wallet or Aqua for decent UX. Don't overwhelm them with a lightning node, just describe the network as a way to scale offchain.
Ln nodes is for nerds,
For "easy" self-custody Ln, check-out Zeus/Alby (WalletOfSatoshi has announced a solution as well),
Custody Ln is best for small amounts,
Otherwise, have a nerd friend that can host you on Lnbits
Are you just trying to find something to help them understand how it works under the hood, or are you looking for something to help them learn how to run a Lightning node for themselves? Educational or tutorial?
This video is a pretty good one for explaining how Lightning works from an educational perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKdK-7AtAMQ