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So each lightning transaction require an onchain swap , it's a nonsense.

Yes but this only affects you when you send a lightning payment because you pay higher fees. When you receive a lightning payment, fees are not passed on to you. I think they figure it out by bulking transactions or delegating to a 3rd party, not sure I’d have to check.

Muun has the benefit of enabling you to use lightning through a self-custodial wallet without having to setup and manage your own lightning node. So in a way you pay in fees instead of having to spend time managing a lightning node and maintaining channels.

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Zio Mc 6mo ago

If the wallet is not custodial it means you own the keys, so even when you receive lightning payment the swap is mandatory, i searched on their documentation but i didn't find exactly how it works

Alex Pecorilla 6mo ago

Yes, Muun is self-custodial. All your funds are always stored on-chain layer 1. As soon as you receive a lightning payment, the funds are credited to you on-chain through a submarine swap. Not sure how they do it when you receive a lightning payment, but your funds are never stored on layer 2. That would be custodial because it would use their node.