I don't know how to respond to the idea that banking services are too expensive to buy, so I have to go around begging my friends to help me get some and stay in their good graces, so that I can continue to transact.
This is a flawed system, sorry.
Discussion
If you think this system is flawed, wait until Phoenix wallet disappears from the App Store in your jurisdiction. Sorry too
The ability to self host lightning does not absolve it's flaws. You can self host Ethereum too.
To be honest, this whole ordeal is making me think Alby Custodial is actually a really good deal.
Alby no longer has custodial. Alby hub is pretty awesome though to get NWC with your own node working pretty flawlessly and get a lightning address.
They have Alby cloud, which is custodial
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I believe it's technically non custodial. Your keys, their cloud for your node. Is the key ever held on the cloud?
i would open a channel except i don't have a public one to make that worth something
gotta have a decent stack to do public routing, it can be a slight loss at times
The whole idea of having to have "channels" was such a bad mistake imo… having to have "liquidity" seems so stupid…