if DNM users ever adopt Lightning network it will be through systems like this.
spin up a custodial hot wallet without KYC, deposit funds from a mixer and buy your stuff.
just sayin'
I just setup a nostr:nprofile1qqsf07zg4hxyccnkdp07fppxmetpfzru3fg6mgzx3nk8r7af8qnjjygpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejq52q4x7 LN node last night.
its a great middle ground I think, hosted and custodial (semi-custodial?) but good for just messing around with LN.
people like me who are somewhat technical and want privacy coud just spin up a node, open some channels to receive or send funds and then delete the node.
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DNMs love a good rug pull, so they might even run a eCash mint so they can rug their users after a while.
true
but it more a question of users I think.
*users* aren't really willing to figure out LN and aren't comfortable paying with it if they did.
but if they were
like you say, markets might run ecash mints.
then users, who are used to a custodial wallet that might rug them anyway,
would use a mint,
or a custodial node service like Rizful,
that makes sense for their usecase.
Yeah the users aren't gonna fuck around with any BS that isn't L1 or custodial. The DMN operators won't rely on a custodian either but would like to be the custodian for their users.
I dont think that's true.
Users are accustomed to depositing funds into custodial DNM wallets to make transactions. sometimes they do it straight from exchanges 😫
if instead they could spin up a LN node
that they ostensibly control
immediately pay an invoice
and destroy the node
(or not, leave whatever is left in the channel for their next buy)
i can see it being a useful payment mechanism with fairly good UX and privacy