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People who use blue wallet. What the hell am I supposed to do with this error message:

API error: This LNDHub instance is scheduled to shut down. Withdraw any remaining funds (code 11)

There’s nothing on the blue wallet site, or lndhub.io about this… just an error message saying… your money will disappear. WTF!?

If they’re going to threaten something like this, how about telling users what to do. This isn’t like I’ve been using blue wallet a long time, I set it up, as a fresh install a few weeks ago. When you create a new wallet through blue wallet, it ONLY directs you to lndhub.io which then starts telling you they’ll be shutting down…. Googling I found that it’ll happen the end of April 30th… there’s an article which also just you’re going to lose your funds but not WHY or what to do about it!

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-node-connection-shuts-down-bluewallet-users-urged-to-withdraw-funds

The ironic thing is there is a quote about how new users shouldn’t panic, but everything they’ve done ONLY causes new users to panic. Seriously… WTF!

Matt Lorentz 2y ago

Isn’t it wild!? I decided to try Bitcoin lightning a few weeks ago after learning about it on Nostr. After a week of converting dollars to bitcoin and various waiting periods before I was allowed to transfer my own money out, I was then able to get it into BlueWallet where I could convert it into lightning. Cue another waiting period. Eventually I was able to buy my Nostrica tshirt.

Then a few days later I heard that my wallet was actually custodial, and my magic internet money will actually be destroyed if I don’t take action. And the recommended action seems to be to run my own money server? Give me a break.

I feel like I’m missing the cool part of Bitcoin Lightning. I could make a fast cryptocurrency too if I can put everyone’s money on a server that isn’t profitable for me to run. It’ll be a SQL database with two columns: your name and how much money you have. I’ll call it Bitcoin Thunder.

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idsera 2y ago

Try non custodial wallets like https://phoenix.acinq.co/

rabble 2y ago

This worked for me. Thanks.

armstrys 2y ago

If you’re okay with staying custodial and it’s for relatively small funds https://ln.tips is pretty good. By default you operate though a telegram chat but you can link it to blue wallet or Zeus as well. Muun is a good non-custodial option for larger funds, but isn’t a true lightning wallet and can resort in higher fees for small transactions sometimes. I use these both of these in combo and it’s pretty seamless.

rabble 2y ago

Thanks that’s helpful.

Matt Lorentz 2y ago

Thanks, it was almost scary how easy ln.tips was to set up.