A Lightning node doesn't need to be some fancy server that a sys admin runs. That is only needed if you're trying to be a high availability routing node.
For the average user their phone can be a lightning "node" and you can abstract away most of the complexities.
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Where mobile lightning implementations?
Breez, Phoenix, Mutiny
Blixt, OBW, Electrum are also LN nodes for mobile
All LN apps here in a comparison guide
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison
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but they shouldn’t abstract away the channel management. Normal people understand the concept of a bar tab, for example. open a tab. spend. close out.
it annoys the hell out of me when apps try to hide that aspect
Hard disagree. The basic concept is easy but users don't want to have to understand inbound liquidity
hard disagree to your hard disagree.
Notice that there is no inbound liquidity in a bar tab.
The problem is that apps like Phoenix want to hide the liquidity management and end up hiding the channel opening and closing all together. What’s the point of using Lightning at all then?
Yes there are some great mobile solutions like Phoenix that are noncustodial
I only run mine to feel more connected to u 😘
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