Idk it should be free
But definitely not 80k nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5
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500 sats on Minibits š
Thatās the minimum donation you can give. Some could give more. The point is that if Zeus is too expensive, there are other services out there
Yea but it was free on Zeus a couple days ago
Time to move on
Thatās why now Iām using Minibits
It wasnāt āfreeā, it was a trial to get people to try it. If you like it you pay. But thatās not the only service they provide for 80K. Thereās the 20% discount on purchasing liquidity for example. Free trial is not the same as free
I didnāt realize it was a free trial until they changed my lightning address without me even knowing about it
I donāt know how it was presented when you had the free trial, but when I go into the lightning address section I clearly see an upgrade to Zeus+ button
O well I was a Zeus maxi until they yanked my lightning address without me even knowing about it for a couple days
I missed out on a lot of zaps ā”ļø
Because I was unaware that my free trial expired
Point is tho that if anybody wants a custom lightning ā”ļø address you can pay Zeus 80k
Or Minibits 500 sats
Big difference
I realize there are other perks
But what if I donāt care about the other perks
I just wanted to keep my lightning address
And on that they rugged me
But Minibits solved my problem
Exactly. I think it wasnāt the right service for you
No it was the perfect service for me and I loved it
Until they rugged me
Thatās what Iām trying to say lol
I had a Zeusnuts custom lightning address for a long time and loved it
Until the past couple days where people were trying to zap my podcast but it wasnāt working because Zeus cancelled my shit lol
They didnāt rug you friend. You didnāt open the app to understand what service they were offering.
Anyways your problem is solved now with minibits
I hear you but in my opinion I was rugged
They didnāt rug my sats
They rugged my address
And I could argue that I was rugged of all the zaps I would have got the past couple days but never received because they changed my address
I donāt know man, their business model is pretty clear: 80K for zeus+ gets you the custom address and the other services. If you donāt pay you get a random address š¤·š¾āāļø
No I had a custom address with them for months
They just changed my shit
Trying to force me to get the plus
If I wanted to keep my address
My point is that it should not cost 80k sats just to have a custom address
Way cheaper alternatives are out there
Thatās crazy
You opened a channel with them right?
It was their policy that the people who had opened a channel in the past got their custom address. They later changed their policy when they introduced Zeus+. The information was available. I donāt work for Zeus and I know š¤·š¾āāļø
I still have multiple channels open with them and Iāll probably still use them and keep them ā¦.
Iāll tell you specifically what happened to me
I had a custom lightning address with zeusnuts. A custom handle that Iāve been using for a long time
The past few days people have been trying to zap me and it wasnāt working
So I missed out on a lot of zaps
Because they changed my shit without me even knowing about it
To a random address
I then tried to change it back to my original addressā¦ but then realized I would have to pay 80k to do itā¦.
So I set up a custom address on Minibits for 500 sats thatās pretty reasonable
80k get the fuck out
I agree with you. If you just use Zeus+ for the custom address then 80K is too much. Thatās why I said earlier that maybe itās not the right service for you. I feel like the 20% on purchasing liquidity is a solid deal if you use it. And access to new features
Just use nostrplebs.com in that case
Thats a very good point. Reroute any address you use to your custom nostrplebs address that you can use as your ln address. And nostrplebs is only 12.5K sats one time. You can keep using your zeusnuts not custom address and route it to nostrplebs. Problem solved
I forgot you could do that lol
I feel like I should set that up too š¤£
I set mine up in nostrplebs and also in my profile. It works š«”
Nice
No need to worry about custom addresses anymore. Itās a nice to have but never a dealbreaker
For you is not a deal breaker
For me it is
I like having my lightning address as simplynostr
With nostrplebs you would have 'simplynostr@nostrplebs.com'
And then whichever lightning provider you use you could point it to that address
Look at my profile. I set it up. The address is node@nostrplebs.com and it sends the zaps right now to node@walletofsatoshi.com but it could be to any other address of my choice. I would just have to change it in my nostrplebs account
Iāve been talking to you about this all day and I still feel like your not understanding what Iām trying to say lol
Youāre saying that you think the custom address should be free. Iām telling you itās a service they offer and it has a price. Just like other custom address providers do
Right but my point
Back to my original note
You can get a custom address for 500 sats on Minibits
On Zeus it cost 80k sats
Thatās a huge difference
Especially if u donāt care about the other perks ā¦.
On this we agree, if you donāt care about the service they offer, donāt use Zeus+. Their service is not just the custom address.
I guess I didnāt read the fine print
But the original point remains
If anyone wants a custom lightning address
You can do it on Zeus for 80k
Or Minibits for 500
Thatās a huge difference
Iāve been bragging about Zeus and the way they implemented ecash
And NWC and all kinds of cool shit
I love it
But they recently pissed me off
Thatās all