Confession... I find Lightning strangely confusing. I'm not sure if it's just me. The workaround wallets with liquid, cashu, or custodial lightning are very handy. I figured I'd sort out proper self-custody lightning when I set up a node. When I did, I explored the tools the implementations offer. Much of what's available for BTC nodes relates to lightning, and there's a lot available. I could enjoy getting good at managing channels and make that my next adventure, but I realized I don't have enough Bitcoin to do it well, or to be willing to risk putting so much in hot wallets. And being great at routing transactions through a public node isn't really my goal - I just wanted an actual lightning wallet with channels I can use. A good, blunt article from @DarthCoin ₿⚡️ helped clarify it all (Thank you!) and show me all I was really looking for was a wallet like Zeus or BlixtWallet that could run a private node on my phone, with channels in the background for my own transactions, not a public node trying to route everyone else's. I liked BitBanana, but I don't think it does this. That simplified the search and saved me from going too much further down that path, but still, each wallet seems to be missing something I had in mind: - private lightning node - self-custodial - no KYC or identity info/signup - no dependence on Google Play - working NWC (I imagine ones that offer the rest will soon add NWC) - open source, on Zapstore, ideally I'm sharing in case it saves others a little time... And in case I'm missing something obvious y'all have already figured out! #lightning #wallets #NWC

The friend who taught me about Bitcoin did well. Now, family members text me when the price drops, saying they want to buy. That's the way! The fear people are trying to talk themselves through just doesn't compute - I get excited!

I'm enjoying my current Nostr feed. A good set of thoughtful people whose notes I like not to miss, without being too busy to keep up. A good pace. Quality over quantity.

@GrapheneOS, I keep reminding myself to suggest two tweaks that might be helpful, if they're easy to do. When the Pixel 6 runs out of battery and is plugged in, it tries to boot up right away, and if the charger isn't unusually fast, it runs out of battery again. Pressing the power button to pause it lets it out of that loop and gives the battery a chance to charge. I don't know if GrapheneOS controls that step, but a short delay would fix it. It would be handy to be able to turn the hotspot on and off from non-owner profiles, but there might be a good reason we currently can't. Thanks for your great work!

I'm back after a good rest, a few weeks of slowing down and having no idea what's going on it the world... Well worth it! Now, I'm checking out what @Tim has built and @Matthias McIntire 🎻🎵 has played while I was gone! It's good to be back.

I'm gonna be a hermit for a couple weeks, finding some solitude. Will explore the Nostr world again when I return. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Psalms 27:8