How do you out of all people NOT have a channel? xD
Ain't like you are a popular nostr developer or anything o.o...
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Hahaha I have channels, but my mutiny which I use to zap from my phone force close me a couple hours ago
Ohhh I saw a screenshot of that. Well okay, that makes sense then.
So this also means you haven't been able to restore them either? Shame...
I hear mutiny is the best. if that's the best... hmmm...
I keep asking this question about these shiny new #nostr tech and have gotten some lame ass bullshit answers, so I'll ask here...
which do you trust more:
the hardware?
the software?
the people you don't know that make them?
I will give you my thoughts as well - dont know if they are of any value though.
Usually I look at this with two angles: What a person with very little tech understanding sees, and what a tech-savy person sees. I can run my own CLN, but another person can not.
To the "normie", Alby, WoS and Mutiny are largely one and the same; an app that stores sats. To a more tech-savy person, they see the custodial nature of these wallets. Hence, I actually trust none of them - neither WoS, Alby nor Mutiny. If I can run it myself, I will.
But if I had to recommend any of these three to someone just joining Nostr, I would look at how likely it is that they will run their own node. If not, I will show them Alby. If they might, I am more leaning towards Mutiny.
Even if sats are effectively micro payments akin to Twitch Bits and this sorta stuff (values in the cents, most of the time), it's important to have a good and quick starting point to get into using them early. From there, one should learn what they are actually using, on a base level, to have enough understanding of "Who am I trusting with what".
Self-custodial is often the most private and independent solution, but it is not one everyone can take. Since Mutiny appears to be "Nostr First", I am leaning towards suggesting them over Alby, personally.
The only reason I have so far excluded Wallet of Satoshi is because I have seen it being down fairly often recently and there seems to be no representation here on Nostr - in fact, I haven't even seen a WoS maintainer here, nor spoken to one... So it feels very distant, thus even less of a trust-able candidate (-able, not -worthy).
I appreciate your comments. but, not compelling arguments why I or anyone should trust any of it. yet everyone is soooo bullish on it all. and I am too. but I can't explain why I trust any of this, because I don't. it's blind faith.
I think most people just see it as the lesser evil? Trust something from the community rather than an institutional bank - perhaps? Plus, not everyone can opt into full self-custody, so I guess they trust it because... it's their only viable option.
Just a guess though. I wouldn't trust any of them myself, but I also can host my own node/s just fine. Others can't, so it's probably the "better" option for them.
Though didn't Zeus recently introduce their pocket-able LN node? This sounds like a great alternative, to me.
i agree it is a lesser evil thing, but why are so many ignoring it. your last paragraph just proved my point. so many are distracted by the shiny new thing.
Because it's easier, plain and simple. To them, at least.
But this is precisely why I selfhost it, I don't trust those services. However, "they" have to, because they can't - for whatever reason - do the same.