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Some day, Bitcoin and Lightning nodes in the home will be as popular as routers and WiFi are today. I envision buying a "router" and it coming with an embedded Bitcoin and Lightning node which you'll connect to via their companion app or any app of your choice. We're not there yet though.

Why do I think this is possible? 20 years ago, you bought a modem, a router, a switch, and an access point all as separate devices. Today, they all come together in one super device and that device's capabilities are always expanding. Once Bitcoin and Lightning become popular and customers demand it, we'll see the market shift to bring these devices to the masses.

Until then, the node will be in the phone.

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₿harat 2y ago

Doesn’t the nostr:npub1aghreq2dpz3h3799hrawev5gf5zc2kt4ch9ykhp9utt0jd3gdu2qtlmhct Home get us very close to this vision?

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Derek Ross 2y ago

Somewhat. The Umbrel home is just a secondary device. It would need to be embedded in a router or come with routing and WiFi capabilities to be accurate.

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