this is insane, lightning getting crazy good stuff!
ive just found out that Green wallet from blockstream now has another feature, experimental, you can enable "lightning account" and that will connect to Blockstream's Greenlight node and set it up as your self-custodial lightning wallet.
tl;dr greenlight node is operated by blockstream, but cryptographically ensures that only you can spend your bitcoin there, they shouldnt have ability to rug you, while they take care of everything - great
my findings:
setup is more expensive than phoenix: setup fee was around 2.3%, while phoenix only takes 1%
sending is 2x cheaper than phoenix: sending ln payments is with 0.2x%, while phoenix takes mandatory 0.4%
while phoenix has good features and is pioneer in the self-custodial mobile lightning space, they also charge a lot for their services.
aqua wallet creates abstraction over lightning, so everything is lightning <-> liquid swap, you hold liquid.
