I know we're early, and this isn't specifically about #nostr, but I feel deeply concerned that 99% of people using zaps are onboarded via custodians, transferring IOUs instead of actual sats. The current implementations with Fedi and eCash also don't solve this issue due to the inherent trust involved. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution or a better recommendation, but it genuinely makes me sad.
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make running nodes cool again 🥳
it'll always be a struggle, no need to be sad about it. There was even a time where people were worried that not enough peers would be forwarding ports ðŸ¤
I run two lightning nodes. Only because I'm on the fence insofar as to the implementation. It's hard work. And has serious trade-offs. I can run a note on tour if I can stomach that unreliability. Or I can run one on clarinet if I can take the fact that someone knows my IP address is the location of a Bitcoin stash. Tricky. I think what's going to happen is we're going to see these protocols meshing together to allow consumers the best trade-offs possible considering both distribution and friction. It's going to be great.
The zero to 100k sats is the problem. For nostr noob no coiners there is a need for someplace to stack up zaps until they can open their own channel.