The only practicable alternative is everyone runs their own node though?
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That's going to be more common, when it becomes easy enough to run a LN node on your phone or spool up thin nodes in the next year or two.
'The only practical alternative'... is something that worries me. Why all of a sudden is there just ONE lightning wallet in existence in the entire world in people's minds? Imagine if the whole planet used a single fiat bank. You'd get rugged.
As for now, anyone in a country with decent income levels and stable electricity grid who isn't running their own node, needs to take a good look at themselves.
I don’t disagree, for the record I am running two nodes, but we are the early adopters and definitely in the minority. Most people simply won’t do it. I guess once software like LNbits is more robust then people like us will be able to provide LN custody for friends & family.
