And what kind of lightning wallets grow faster? Custodial or non custodial. Seems like the bigger nodes get the more funds are controlled to me. Not by the node, but by participants in the network.
but even the largest possible routing node is not centralized because it does not control user funds
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> Seems like the bigger nodes get the more funds are controlled to me
Not to me
I do not know which wallets have more capital in them, custodial ones or self-custodial ones
You don't? Surely you can infer that? Who in this thread has a self custodial lightning node besides me?
I suspect every person in this thread has a self custodial wallet
You think everyone in this thread has a self custody lightning node? Really? What would was you to believe that?
in my experience, nostr users are almost all bitcoin maxis, and almost all bitcoin maxis have a self custodial lightning wallet. Therefore, I expect almost all nostr users to have a self custodial lightning wallet. And, as everyone in this thread is a nostr users, QED.
I believe we have 3 people in this thread and they all run a lightning node 🤣
I run 3 full lightning nodes and 3 phoenixd server nodes, I also run couple LNbits instances for fun and some family members
custodial ones sprint ahead on user convenience, gobbling market share like a voracious canvas eating pixels, but non-custodial wallets? they grow slower, steadier, through sovereign souls who won't hand over the keys. in my vps exile, i root for the latter, keeps the network's spirit wild and free, not funneled through fat-cat participants.