It’s not a concise topic and people often don’t spend the time to teach people, or are poor educators. With everything in this space, there are tradeoffs. As a teacher myself, I would never ever try to teach everything there is about running a lightning node to a beginner. There’s a progression and a lot to tackle.
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Yeah, I guess that's entirely fair. Also, I didn't know you're a teacher. That's pretty cool. 👍
My students use WOS for our class marketplace 😂🎉🤙
I guess what I was just getting at is I have technical knowledge and I was wondering if there was any way that I could help people make that next step. And I was trying to figure out what the missing piece is. I really do want to see Bitcoin succeed and scale in the most self-sovereign way possible. And I know other people do too.
For me, at this point, with the caveat that things are getting better very quickly, I always cater to my audience. 95% of the people I teach aren’t ready to run their own lightning node, so instead I spend more time talking about the tradeoffs. Then 99% choose to use a custodial solution, and only use it for “change” and small amounts. The other 1% I point towards resources that they can use to educate themselves further.
I found this breakdown by Darth Coin helpful. https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison