raspiblitz node should be fine and enough I think. I used BTCPay server just because I don't enjoy letting the node prevent me from using the rest of the device, given the low system resource use (or rpi5). Solutions like rasppblitz come w/ their own image and since they're not a traditional os, they prevent you from running other stuff on device, using for other things. I've used Amboss Space to trial and error where to open channels to. Tested opening channels to big players list. ACINQ has higher incoming fees, 1ML.com node ALPHA is a node only to confirm node ownership, doesn't route shit, CoinGate has good fees but can't route shit (in my experience). Has been a trial and error experience. Consider your use cases and check where the nodes are connected to and their routing fees tab on Amboss Space. You'd think there would be guides about where to open a channel to, I haven't encountered personally...

https://amboss.space/

If you're thinking about mobile/remote nodes I'd like to warn you that I haven't experienced necessary levels of stability w/ them. Once I got my Mutiny wallet LN channel had force closed, and twice I had my Zeus on mobile device node channels force closed during getting a payment. IDK about Mutiny a lot but Zeus mobile light LN node uses a thing called neutrino mode and I found that can leave you vulnerable to forced channel closures if/when there's bad wireless latency during receiving a payment. My best guess is that the mobile wireless latency rising from wifi connection and neutrino mode is causing channels to appear down momentarily or something, which's causing force closures when someone tries to initiate payment to you. I've found a wired connection and a 7/24 online full LN node (no neutrino mode, light wallet) on a raspberry pi to be much less annoying and much more stable in terms of maintaining stable LN channels w/o force closures. Personally I used BTCPay Server's LN node functionality. to have access to underlying OS while still having an easy to setup LN node. Also Zeus LSP (lightning service provider) has expensive channel opening fees vs what you can open a channel to a known big node yourself, and worse routing fees than you can find via opening a channel yourself. I opened a channel to Kraken's node and it's nearly free to send/receive for me now.

Well yea that's correct, you'd ideally need enough BTC as big as your channel size, and that's monetary wall/requirement. I already keep some BTC and I work in tandem w/ a CEX to open channels and move the lightning sats back to my CEX to retrieve the amount to HODL personally, and I understand that's not something everybody do/prefer. And I receive payment in lighting and sell things, not sure I'd go through all of it just as a hobby w/o that given the requirement of learning all that and channel opening fees (although they're much cheaper than I thought they'd be in right mempool environment).

You don't need to be a node aficionado w/ many channels. Just open one single big channel to a well connected node and you're good to go. Top up when your channel balance is low just like you need to make sure there's some money in your physical wallet.

Here I hope I'll be able to put it together in a way it's understandable this time.

Statement is "LN UX is shit"

That's a generalized statement that don't hold true when you consider the % of custodial vs non custodial use.

You come adding a new parameter and you say you want self custodial use. You change the equation. It's no longer "LN UX is shit" it's "LN self custodial UX is shit" (hard)

By adding a new parameter, you changed the initial statement, then you'll get a different answer.

You claim to know "Physics/C++/", yet you fail to understand, or you intentionally make a disingenuous argument when you add additional parameters to something, the outcome will likely change.

Are you admitting you don't know how simple equations work?

I hope that helps.

You might be like "crypto doesn't mean shit w/o self custody" that's your opinion (also mine) many just simply don't care. They just want and easy and cheap way to play w/ their shiny sats. Masses are not self custody cypherpunk crypto fundamentalists, and likely they'll never be.

Nobody's stopping you from running your own node.

%90+ of LN users use a custodial wallet. It's pretty okay experience after a custodial service abstracts all the hard parts away. Low fees, fast TX times. What can you want more?

BTC's just a leger of records of who owns what sat. Lightning transactions are the real magic we have.

"Integrate Bitcoin and stablecoins with the USD to extend dollar dominance globally" dollar is a depreciating asset due to many factors like external debt, money printing etc. If you bundle an appreciating asset w/ a depreciating asset, you might negatively affect performance of an appreciating asset, BTC in this case.

I fear USD shitcoin pulling BTC down.

Average Bitcoiner might be smart enough to understand Trump will say whatever he needs to say to max his votes and will have coin flip chance of keeping his promise if he gets re-elected. This makes his talk not very interesting.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/

After I found myself running my own BTC lightning node, I too started to suspect I might be on the spectrum.

Just like #Monero people losing their minds over Bitcoiners considering themselves cypherpunk, being cypherpunk is on a spectrum.

Made myself.

Defense contractor pockets won't line themselves.

I've been running a higher mid range Razer gaming laptop from 2017. Before that I was renewing the system every 3 to 5 years. They seem to last longer now, yes.

You lack the knowledge of Noshole lore, that's why while it's a perfectly cogent dialogue for us, to your untrained eye it looks encrypted.

He's a #Monero maxi:

https://youtu.be/IA1DfMKfhqo?si=2KnSJfDNNxR2c4k4