Despite many questions, nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq is still the best UX around
What’s the next closest wallet that actually works. Tried Phoenix and it didn’t work (probably due to my incompetence, but I still blame it 😆)
Phoenix is great if you don’t mind not having a Lightning address.
I just wish nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq had a self-custodial option besides sending your balance to another wallet.
Phoenix was taking forever to connect every time I open it.
I had that problem with Breez but not Phoenix. Did you try the latest version with dynamic channel splicing?
I’ve liked Phoenix a lot, and was excited for the splicing, but it’s actually proven to be quite a bit more expensive in my case.
I wanted to use Phoenix to receive via Lightning and then send to on-chain. With multiple open channels of various sizes, I had pretty good flexibility to both send and receive.
Now, when I send some of my sats to an on-chain address, I pay the miner fee (that’s fine) but it shrinks my channel capacity, so every next time I receive via Lightning, it reopens a new channel.
Basically I’m paying double the miner fees, every time I receive a substantial amount, because it has to reopen a larger channel, instead of using what I’d already opened.
I finally understand what’s happening well enough to articulate it (clearly, I hope).
Not sure what workarounds exist, if anything…
But re: taking forever to load, if you change to a different app (but don’t “swipe up” to fully close Phoenix) and then swipe back to the wallet it usually loads up on the second try.
I think in an unprecedentedly high fee environment, it’s a bad time to be opening and closing channels. It was cheap a few weeks ago. Not sure how that problem gets fixed.
Even before the fees spiked though, they made the update and my fee spend effectively doubled. At this point I’m not touching anything til it settles down lol
Ultimately I don’t mind paying for the service they provide, though ⚡️
I’m still a fan of running alby through blue wallet. But the new beta Zeus is sexy
Big fan myself, so simple to use
Zeus 💪
Breez or Green are the next best, nunchuk is good, Bluewallet, muun and mycelium are ok but not great
