Yes but we shouldn’t rely on any one node provider; start9 should be one of the nodes in distribution but different setups adds resilience to the network.

Lightning out of the box is hard, but I think it’s doable. That’s where #nodestrich could help.

We’re going to start adding reputation now that we have transactions with zaps. There might be a Sats commitment for the lightning node for the recipient, reputation will help ensure this charity sends out few ‘dead nodes’ which don’t have the resources to join the network.