Oh--I totally understand--and yet I'm absolutely ok with Strike being custodial * IF * all you're doing is loading up a few $$ and using the lightning network for the transaction.

It's kind of like an Amazon gift card - put some money into it, and spend that money. And (of course) we wouldn't be using gift cards as a custodian service...no, they're used simply for the convenience of transacting a set amount of money.

And so it is with Strike (and I see that as a great service, and a wonderful use case for Lightning).

I don't look at Lightning as a failure because it can't do all things well--rather, I think it does a few things * EXCEPTIONALLY * well, and for that we should applaud it--it moves the bar forward, and we'll find other (new) solutions for the other things.

Like, if you've ever installed and received cashu/eNuts whatever, you are like "o shit. I just RECEIVE it? I don't have to make an invoice or manage channels or get raped on fees to just start using it?" Cashing out or depositing via lightning makes it click into place.

its not an human who did it right ?

👀

Is this a slow rugging?

Going the way of Wallet of Satoshi?

Hope not.

How do they make money? They have around 8BTC capacity and there's barely any fees. I imagine their user count is in the tens of thousands. WoS used to charge a ton to sweep the wallet (or load it).

Does it seem a stupid choice, in this period of such high fees, to switch from BTC to Lightning, to make an intermediate step in Liquid?

I mean BTC --> L-BTC --> Lightning

I did some quick math on flyp.me and boltz and it seems to me there are less fees in total, or am I wrong?

For as to what I did?

My content was innovative an nostr centric.

I did a campaign where I did outreach to other social media networks to pull in new nostriches.

I included zaps as a way to make my content more of a game.

Yes hubris.

You also appeal to authority because your argument is weak.

Carlo and I know each other well enough to support each other in our artistic endeavors.

I am a moderator in his community.

People here don't support content creators.

They support their favorite big names.

The common user is still worshipping heroes and all ga ga over them.

I have other friends who have experienced the same thing.

Unless you are spouting rehashed Bitcoin narrative, your voice is lost and ignored.

Liquid requires 11 ppl to collude to steal coins.

Fedimint only needs a single macaroon to leak to drain all the channels. Multisig doesn't help

Unfortunately for me, the on-chain transactions are the pain of my existence.

Lightning or Liquid cost a lot to bridge.

Hmm looked at liquid but I am not convinced that is a better solution. I'd like to see what ark does, but think there won't be a solid solution to this for a while.

naw. they are concept images for the raider lore am writing.

how do people use the internet without an adblocker? i tried it for 5 minutes and i almost vomited

Just keep building bruv we got this. Little by little then all at once. There will be only Bitcoin. Praise Satoshi.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FREAKS 🫡

free software is like a public park where anyone can enter, and use the facilities.

- until park officials change their mind.

Open source software is like a community garden – individuals work together to cultivate and enhance it, sharing the fruits of their labor with everyone.

Open source software has a publicly available programming code so that it can be audited and you know what the software does under the hood. So you're not likely to have sneaky spyware/malware included.

Free software just means that you don't pay directly for it but it could be closed source or open source.

CORRUPT POLITICIANS TRYING TO BAN LIFE BOATS AS THE SHIP THEY BUILT CONTINUES TO SINK.