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Replying to Avatar Alex Gleason

As I'm learning about Bitcoin Lightning, I'm seeing some major red flags. To use it, you need an account with a service provider. It's a username/password type of custodial account. Then, the node has full control over your funds. They could shut down without warning, or transfer your funds. The only way to actually have control is to run your own node, but doesn't that defeat the purpose of Lightning? The whole point is to allow many users to transfer tiny amounts of money a lot, eg zaps. To me, it seems that Lightning nodes have all the problems of Mastodon. Imagine the problems of Mastodon, except it's your bank account. That's bad. What am I missing?

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Late Night Blog 1y ago

Lightning isn't inherently custodial since you can host your own node on a personal device without trusting a third party. Custodial or not lightening still doesn't have the trust history of Bitcoin but if we're talking $10 in a wallet to zap Nostr friends it's a different risk calculation then $100, $1,000, or $10,000 in hot or cold storage.

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