Alby hub is a great choice, especially if you want to embrace the learning aspect, as it does come with costs.
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Yea I’m hitting a road block with funding the channel
Apparently my ledger doesn’t support lightning
And I don’t yet have enough sats in my primal wallet to open the channel on Alby hub to go self custody
Also confused about the send and receive limits as it looks like when I open a channel I have to pay separately for each function/limit
You don't have to pay for each function/limit. But in lightning you have those "channel" and those channels have a certain capacity of how much you can receive/send. So you need to make sure you have enough capacity.
If you have onchain bitcoin (e.g. on your ledger) you can go to the "node" page and deposit into your savings balance.
From there you then can open a channel (Topup your sending balance)
Just make sure that you use a big enough channel. Small channels economically don't make sense.
let us know if you have more questions.
It is absolutely ok to have this experience. Lightning is VERY confusing.
nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 made an amazing 1 hour video on this. Highly recommend you spend the time and watch it.