Apologies for the newb question:
Do i need to have this Ubuntu computer on 24/7 for this to work properly?
Still alpha, but ShockWallet is already the best Lightning wallet as a daily driver by far imo
Super fast and reliable, its not a mobile node so no waiting to boot or graph syncs that cause failures
Using Nostr real-time sync is a handy flex too, one wallet on desktop phone 🤌 https://video.nostr.build/fd3ab3cd55bed1337cf1361e14cc8dd18de279a8a2724b6a9a15244ae222d5ad.mp4
Discussion
Most of the benefits come from it being always-on 24x7 but it won't hurt if it goes down from time to time
It'll run on Windows/Mac too but would be a manual installation
I personally recommend an old laptop with clean *buntu install, the built-in battery makes it much less likely the node gets corrupted. Since it uses neutrino a 4GB of RAM clunker with ~20GB of free disk should be adequate (would suggest an SSD at least though)
I should caveat that we have NOT automated watchtower setup yet, so something to consider if you'll be offline regularly