I stopped using or relying on nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 in the beginning of this year. I knew this was coming...
I still have an Alby node with millions of sats that closed on me and I never recovered it. I started a new one and then closed channels gracefully in January.
Generally lightning is a lot of work. It's so much work that I could either work on lightning or work on getting Fiat. Lightning doesn't pay the bills.
https://getalby.com/terms-of-service
I'm cynical because I've invested much Fiat into Bitcoin and it's nearly all been a futile pursuit of whack a mole.
Definitely has pushed me not to trust too much in man made solutions.
I will continue to use Bitcoin but less and less will I talk about it. Nearly everyone I've introduced to Bitcoin (small number) I have had to apologize, help change, rearrange, reeducate and I'm no longer interested in getting anyone new involved. It's blessing edge and it's no good.
Those who strive to give quick solutions will not be around when your Bitcoin mechanism breaks. Bitcoin core is about the best thing going and BIP-39 but everything else is not dumb ass proof. By dumb ass I mean those of us who build things, make things and take care of things.
All businesses connected with Bitcoin are attack fronts and compliance is either going to happen or there will be dismantling.
It is what it is. Bitcoin is not decentralized enough.
may I ask what’s your criticism besides the struggle with the channels?
We work hard on making it easy and preventing closures. but unilateral exit without relying on the other party also means that the LSPs can close channels for various reasons. it’s part of the security model of lightning. (still annoying and not understandable for users often)
and why did you not recover your sats? closed channel just means the sats are onchain in your wallet.
I have the seed for the on chain wallet at 5 months later it is still empty.
but you have deleted the node?
where do you then check that it is empty?
I have the seed phrase of the wallet and I used another wallet to watch any activity. I always back up the information.
It's worked in a different set up that I did later.
this will not work sadly (again due to how lightning/ldk works, you don’t want to know :) it is often not recommended to use the same seed with different wallets.
we have guides https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/backups-and-recover
I will revisit but I tried the recovery to in November and it was a no go.
