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Okay, I figured it out. Phoenix wallet is a real lightning node for mobile phones that connects to an external electrum server (or your own one if you prefer). To activate it, you have to first send 10k sats to it to open the first channel. After this you can receive zaps and get paid via invoices.

That said, you can’t receive zaps with Phoenix really, but you can send zaps, just like you do with WoS.

Phoenix seems to be more mighty than I thought initially. Will keep investigating 🤓

#plebchain #zap #lightning

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

Breez is similar but you don't need the 10k minimum just to start using it.

Maxim 2y ago

Yeah, the activation thing is a little bit confusing

Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

It's basically opening a channel. So the amount you put in determines the size of the channel.

I've used Breez but not Phoenix so I'm just basing this on what you've said, but it sounds like with Phoenix the minimum channel size is set high, probably to ensure low friction during use.

On Breez you can send much smaller amounts to open a smaller channel. When you want to send a larger amount it just takes a certain amount off the sats you send in to pay for the bigger channel.

The cost is the same because the amount you can send depends on how many sats you open the channel with, but Breez lets you start small and pay for a bigger channel if you need it, whereas it sounds like Phoenix wants you to pay for a larger channel straight up.

Breez is easier onboarding for a mobile wallet imo.

Maxim 2y ago

👍 Is Breez also fully compatible with Robosats?

🇩𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 🇼𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪 2y ago

Check out Blixt by #[2] . It has own node on mobile too. He'll be adding receiving via lightning box soon!

https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet

Maxim 2y ago

Small update: Phoenix wallet is perfectly compatible with Robosats. Hodl invoices are generated and canceled properly.

Gonna use it as my default lightning wallet in conjunction with my own node. WoS is still needed to receive zaps, but since it’s always a small amount, I can live with the fact that it’s custodial.

#robosats #lightning #stacksats

#[3]

Josh 🇺🇲 2y ago

Why not Zeus?

Maxim 2y ago

Because it’s like the top league for me 😂 I’m still learning

Marcelinho 2y ago

Zeus is not complicated and can be connected to your own node very easily. Try it ⚡️🤓

Maxim 2y ago

🫡💜