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I'd encourage you to use Phoenix if you like a mobile experience. You can still (for now) use Alby's lightning address, but then transfer your Alby wallet balance to Phoenix on occasion so that you'll maintain custody.

Transferring will just mean generating an invoice in Phoenix and paying it with your Alby wallet.

Transfer on a regular basis so that you wouldn't be hurting if you lose access to the funds held on Alby. That amount is probably around the amount of cash that you'd be feel comfortable carrying in a physical wallet/purse.
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Shawn 2y ago

How do you avoid the Phoenix fees if you don’t have enough channel liquidity?

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Jestopher 2y ago

For that, you'll realistically need your own node. Even with your own node running, you're not going to avoid costs completely.

Phoenix may charge 1% or more, but a lot of that is due to on-chain setup costs. If you run your own node, you can purchase a channel through Magma/Hydro that matches how much you are likely to receive whereas Phoenix will struggle to predict how much liquidity will be required to service your needs.

Setting up a node will cost ~$400 in parts plus a lot of learning or it can be run through voltage for ~$30/month and less learning (and less rookie mistakes, probably).