The best bit with this is we can use existing tech and upgrade seamlessly. You can just run an lsp that supports hosted channels, the wallet does not need to know much more.
Eh, we can seamlessly upgrade to self-custody from a hosted channel by broadcasting an on-chain txn and use a lot of existing tooling to get there.
Paul’s Math™️ around Bitcoin not scaling, that he says justifies drivechains. He is the OG “attack lightning tech so people see that my idea is the best” guy
Lightning and Bitcoin are not perfect, but we are no where close to hitting their limits. If anyone presents any bitcoin app that 500 million people onboard to this year I’d be amazed, yet this is not good enough for someone who wants drivechains, and is a reason to throw it in the trash. Afaiu, this “math” is what caused Fiatjaf to ragequit lightning, despite being an early, very promising contributor.
It’s too bad Fiatjaf took Paul Szortc so seriously. At least we have nostr now.
Gm nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 (and nostr:npub1rvg76s0gz535txd9ypg2dfqv0x7a80ar6e096j3v343xdxyrt4ksmkxrck )
Thanks for making hosted channels a thing (actually thanks for this whole suite of tools and ideas). I think these make a comeback 
It turns out the future is nonlinear
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I gave up on the internet a long time ago. The Math is Simple, there won’t be enough IPs for everyone unless we make some Big Changes
People were asking, and I don’t want to hide it. I’m no longer with Block.
I am eternally grateful for the opportunity nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m and others gave me. Thank you.
Basically all I will say on it for now– we built an amazing team, we did all we can. I can say with 100% certainty Block and Jack are doing all they can for Bitcoin. This was the first job where I left it all out on the field to the very end.
To any engineers or otherwise out there, if you have an idea that you are truly passionate about, speak up. You either are at a great place that will elevate you, or you're not, and you deserve better anyway.
It was a leap of faith, but I was lucky to have the former for a long time. I met some great people and got to do soul aligned work I truly believed in. Anyway, good things don't always last.
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Full pardon wow 
“Campaign donations” are insane because they appear to be one of the most legitimately dangerous things with the potential to gigafry your stack but are exclusively done by literal 100+ coiners who unironically want to “start a btc space race” and basically get oneshotted by them
What’s going on with bitcoin and lightning in 2025? When did shadow custodian become self-custody? I know 2024 was rough but it’s a new year and it’s time for self-custody to make a comeback.
Some thoughts below on how to make that happen, and a tweet thread for those of you who can’t read.
https://sats.build/self-custody-lightning-2025/
What spawned this? 2024 was a rough year for Bitcoin. We literally lost a year.
Regulatory was one thing, but tech was a whole other story. Lightning developer brethren, when did we give up and accept shadow custody over self-custody? smh
Ecash and liquid are custodians with extra steps. S/o to nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg for being the most intellectually honest out of all the ecashers.
Instead of retreating to custodial solutions, double down with me and try a little harder. I can’t defend ecash or federation mumbojumbo. I can absolutely stand behind an LSP.
The details are in the post, but the gist is this– we don’t need 100% off-chain yet. NFTs lost (again). We have not pushed the Bitcoin blockchain to the point of needing to scale (yet, but if we make a compelling Bitcoin payments application, maybe we’ll actually have a reason to). We don’t need op_codes we need thoughtful design.
I’m thinking of building this, but in the spirit of Bitcoin, Satoshi’s vision etc. I want you to think of building this too. Maybe we can do it together?
Google has been calling me 2-3x a week to tell me about unauthorized access to my account 😑
Sometimes I think maybe a magazine shouldn’t be the tip of the spear of our industry
