Fair, at least you've experimented with running your own node and made a conscious decision on the trade-offs you're willing to accept.
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Exactly. People in camps yelling at each other does nothing to serve the cause, or to educate people. Try it, learn about it, explain the tradeoffs, educate, and let the individual decide.
I think some of the feedback I'm starting to hear too is there seems to be a lack of content explaining these trade-offs in a concise manner.
It’s not a concise topic and people often don’t spend the time to teach people, or are poor educators. With everything in this space, there are tradeoffs. As a teacher myself, I would never ever try to teach everything there is about running a lightning node to a beginner. There’s a progression and a lot to tackle.
Yeah, I guess that's entirely fair. Also, I didn't know you're a teacher. That's pretty cool. 👍
My students use WOS for our class marketplace 😂🎉🤙
I guess what I was just getting at is I have technical knowledge and I was wondering if there was any way that I could help people make that next step. And I was trying to figure out what the missing piece is. I really do want to see Bitcoin succeed and scale in the most self-sovereign way possible. And I know other people do too.
For me, at this point, with the caveat that things are getting better very quickly, I always cater to my audience. 95% of the people I teach aren’t ready to run their own lightning node, so instead I spend more time talking about the tradeoffs. Then 99% choose to use a custodial solution, and only use it for “change” and small amounts. The other 1% I point towards resources that they can use to educate themselves further.
I found this breakdown by Darth Coin helpful. https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison