It says that lightning nodes are software implementations of the open-source lightning protocol and channels connect your node to the network

Mutiny wallet says, "open a lightning channel"

So, where's the node? On Mutiny's server? And why do you need to open a channel?

Does opening a channel cost gas? 🤔

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The channel fees go to node operators of Bitcoin

So basically when you send or receive sats it goes through different nodes owned by people all over the world, when you open a channel the sats and fees go there.

Okay

So the lightning nodes also communicate with Bitcoin nodes?

No directly I don't think, they run on different systems

Every lightning node is also a bitcoin node but not the other way around.

Bitcoin, not lightning?

If it's Lighting it will go to the lightning node operators

That's why Fedimint was invented, multiple users are pooled together so they don't have to pay high fees.

Okay, so, when Mutiny says "open a lightning channel", you pay a small fee that goes to lightning node operators

Yeah, but Fedimint you pay no fee at least to start

I'm sure Mutiny has its own node and they charge you to open a lightning channel with other nodes 🤔. That way all node operators get paid

First you have to DM me your seed phrase

ROFL ... first you have to send me fiat over PayPal 😂