Seth is the former CEO of passport, and The Current VP of Cake.
He went all in on Bitcoin for a year, doing everything Bitcoin only, and eventually went back to multi-coin.
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I think I figured out LN after watching 3 to 5 videos online, then I set it and forget it.
its ok, my grand-mother had trouble becoming a sys-admin, so im not surprised he had issues :-D
I don't know the setup that you, or him used.
I know Seth is an intelligent person, he knows a lot about stuff like this, and this was during his Bitcoin maxi phase, so I'm not sure what happened.
I've read many cases of people losing funds, problems with routing, and channels, even from dedicated BTC Maxis too, who have always been BTC Only.
In my case, I think I'm starting to figure it out more but half of the battle luckily is possible now with modern tech, node hosting in phone, I simply don't have the resources to dedicate to self hosted lightning, I'm balancing everything on a $1,000 budget unlike many wealthy people who can afford tools like Pis, Start9s, and other hubs, focusing on channels, and I'm getting somewhere but half of my funds are stuck in channel purgatory right now.
I run StartOS on a $100 dollar Thinkpad from 2012.
never lost any funds
routing is usually resolved by opening more than one or 2 channels.
hosting your LN node on your phone will give you the issues you are describing.
But you will never know unless you try for yourself and take in some education.
Relying on other peoples' experiences is never a reliable way to gain accurate knowledge.
Well, yeah, that's why I'm trying to learn, so far it's been trial, and error.
Unfortunately with money, trial, and error is a bad thing to do.
I'm utilizing Zeus since I thought it would be the sweetspot of it all but it appears PC route might be better but honestly I don't know If I want to double down, might go custodial in worse case but keep it minimized.
Might i recommend phoenix wallet. It handles the liquidity and channel splicing and management and is bolt 12 compliant for additional privacy, and works as well as a custodial solution. For payments, at this point, I've opted for monero for a stupid proof solution.
I will try this as an alternative and compare my experience thank you.
But....not your mode, not your rules.
Have you tried blixt wallet?
I use Zeus for mobile that connects to my node, no issues.
Desktop I use the alby extension that connects to alby hub on my node.
No issues except alby hub it logs me out once a month and I have to log in again.
I setup start9os on a mini computer on 3 separate occasions and had failures each time.
Definitely difference in quality between a mini PC and a ThinkPad. Quality of SSD matters too.
This is a powerful node platform
You should have 16gb ram and brand name 2 TBSSD
Apparently, being a member of the upper class is required to run a dedicated lightning node. I was sold on the idea that this was scalable and low resource intensive.