Isn’t it wild!? I decided to try Bitcoin lightning a few weeks ago after learning about it on Nostr. After a week of converting dollars to bitcoin and various waiting periods before I was allowed to transfer my own money out, I was then able to get it into BlueWallet where I could convert it into lightning. Cue another waiting period. Eventually I was able to buy my Nostrica tshirt.

Then a few days later I heard that my wallet was actually custodial, and my magic internet money will actually be destroyed if I don’t take action. And the recommended action seems to be to run my own money server? Give me a break.

I feel like I’m missing the cool part of Bitcoin Lightning. I could make a fast cryptocurrency too if I can put everyone’s money on a server that isn’t profitable for me to run. It’ll be a SQL database with two columns: your name and how much money you have. I’ll call it Bitcoin Thunder.