You can just use your node for receiving zaps, basically no funds at risk.
Open a channel to anywhere and spend almost all the channel balance to a mobile self a custodial LN wallet like mutiny, phoenix or zeus. You end up with no funds on your node but with enough inbound liquidity to receive zaps.
I mean this in the nicest way possible. Half of what you said to me sounds like another language. I dont have a node. Dont even understand what a node really is. Same with a channel. All day people talk about these things but i never see tutorials or anyone explaining how to begin. The learning curve is a lot. And even with Nostr, I still cant figure it out. There is a huge gap between experts and noobs here. Im in the noob category. Im just grateful i figured out hardware wallets and self custody.😅🙏
