So, some people seem to like what im doing and how im doing it, soi set up a lightning wallet because why not?
But now might be the time for the community to teach me something, because the provider looks awful. Might want a getalby invite if anyone is willing.
I'm more of a Cybersecurity and Privacy expert than a cryptocurrency expert. that needs to change.
One person suggested earlier that I was only doing this for profit, and I wanted to stress that this still isn't true. I have no plans of extorting anyone for protection money or anything like that. The only way to earn my silence is to improve your security habits. I cannot be bought, but I will happily accept a donation from anyone who likes what I'm doing.
For most people just starting out, I recommend setting up LightningTipBot on Telegram and getting the anonymous address from the /advanced menu. Then you can /link it to Zeus. For better option, Zeus also offers a self-custodial address, but you’ll need to set up the embedded node and open a channel (there are costs involved to do that).
You’re going to want to have a self-custody wallet anyway to transfer sats to over time. Other options include Mutiny and Phoenix, but they don’t offer a Lightning address (LNURL).
As for what you’re doing, I was initially alarmed to see so many users being surprise IP doxxed yesterday, but it definitely sparked a conversation about online privacy and probably got a few people to finally set up a VPN. Nostr is just exposing what data is already available to every service we connect to.
So for that alone, I think this is useful. We all need to do better to guard our online privacy.
Thank you to all who have offered advice. I will be figuring out a better solution asap. And thanks to the person who just zapped me for the first time. I'm nowhere in as deep into Bitcoin as the users here, and this is quite fun. I will need to transfer some of my stash in once I have a better wallet.
