It's not simple to use a self custody Montero wallet
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😂😂😂. that's why all darknet markets use Monero and not BTC or LN BTC.
huh?
you mean sync time is too long?
No, a custodial wallet is fine. The requirements to setup a self custody one
you literally download a wallet and generate a seed.
there are no requirements.
You need to download a node too, there are lots of requirements
no. you are poorly informed
you dont need to run your own node.
you download a wallet, generate a seed and send monero to it.
thats what a self custodial wallet is.
The official Monero Desktop GUI requires downloading and syncing the entire blockchain, which can be time-consuming and resource-intensive
Yes. You need to download the Blockchain and sync with it
nodes send and receive transactions and add blocks to the chain.
wallets connect to nodes to sync their balance.
wallets dont download the blockchain.
monero wallets require the user to download all blocks since the wallet creation date and scan them for the user's transactions. the user doesn't have to scan everything back from 2014 or store blocks that have already been scanned.
there's definitely an unresolved UX issue here and it's one of my biggest complaints with monero, but it's not as bad as you suggested. there is some work being done on making light clients safer but it's not finished yet.