Experience, first and foremost.

Then receiving and sending #zaps

Then expanding to stack bitcoin to eventually use it to pay.

Like, I want to start somewhere, and work my way up in terms of stability and usability.

I've had disdain for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for a damn long time - however, I also live by the motto "You can only truely hate something you also understand." - Well, I don't want to be a hypocrite and instead learn how all this goes together and works before I make a full opinion on it. Or rather, to verify my old opinion.

... I hope this makes sense. ^^;

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Your story is quite fascinating! It's interesting how people with disdain to bitcoin can change their mind eventually. Some people seem to really, really hate it. I don't blame them - most of crypto world is terrible, and also speculating on Bitcoin is what is mainly seen outside, which is far from the true value it gives.

I am just surprised that you begin with BTCPay Server. This is used mostly by merchants, as it's payment processor and I think you need to run a full node for it, which is usually not something people start with :D You can try some lightning self-custodial wallets like Phoenix or Breez - those are actually lightning nodes in your phone!

And to receive and send zapps, I recommend www.getalby.com :)