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To get a pleasant experience today you also need to rely on third-parties to manage your channel, the very thing Bitcoin was set out to avoid.
by lawn 4y ago
To get a pleasant experience today you also need to rely on third-parties to manage your channel, the very thing Bitcoin was set out to avoid.
- once_inc 4y agoDefine pleasant. There a quite a few people happily using umbrel or similar products that allow you on the LN with minimal hassle.
- lawn 4y agoInstall app on phone, ready to receive and then send to anyone. Umbrel and similar aren't even the same playing field here. Even if we disregard the tedious setup, you'll still have to manually open, close and refill channels. It's disingenuous to suggest LN is even close to convenient without third-party reliance.