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Thanks for the response! I was mostly just wondering about the timeline for the sunsetting of the custodial service and what onboarding new users looks like in the absence of that. I sent an invite to someone last night and then spent the day responding to questions about self custody and channels and liquidity. That’s a much different experience for a new user than the previous custodial option, and changes how I would incorporate Alby into my orange pilling. Totally understand the tradeoffs between custody and self-custody.

bumi 1y ago

yeah, it's not as smooth as it should be, yet. (which is also why we're still a bit hesitant with invites)

And people will be confronted with owning keys in the future - which I think is a good and important thing. Something to celebrate even :)

New users will get on the self-sovereign Alby Hub. Existing users have the choice but slowly upgrade.

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corndalorian 1y ago

Thanks for taking the time to explain! Excited for what you guys are doing and making self custody easier. The one concern I have is that losing the custodial service means losing yet another good option for exposing new users to Lightning who aren’t ready or capable of self hosting, and who may not use it enough or have enough bitcoin to justify the monthly fee. In the big picture it’s great to have more self-custodial options, but need to look for other solutions for that initial orange pilling.

bumi 1y ago

yes, we will see what the future will allow there.

but also think of a shared node, or embedded mints, etc. would you invite people to get started with your node for example?