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The VALET Bitcoin wallet is now live on
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Install it here:
๐ Before you install, PLEASE READ THIS !!! ๐
WHAT IS VALET?
Valet Bitcoin is the simplest, self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning mobile wallet in the world!!
With Valet, experience an actual self-custodial Lightning node on a mobile device, not some sophisticated custodial setups.
Open channels to any node in simple clicks and stay fully in control of your Sats.
WHY EVERY BITCOIN COMMUNITY/ECONOMY NEEDS VALET:
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Designed with local Bitcoin communities in mind, Valet equally has HOSTED CHANNELS, a custodial Lightning implementation that enables the creation of cost-effective, anonymous Lightning channels, designed to provide an easy onboarding pathway for new users who may not yet have enough funds to open a normal channel, especially in remote Bitcoin communities.
Hosted channels are custodial in the sense that the funds stay on the Host's node; however, it retains the privacy designs of a typical Lightning channel. The Host does not ever know who the client is, since route selection, onion formation, and preimage generation all still happen on the client side.
A client is anyone using a wallet software that has the Hosted channel client-side code implemented in the software, e.g Valet. A Host is any entity running a Lightning node with the Hosted channels plugin.
A Bitcoin community leader could run a Lightning routing node with the Hosted channels plugin, and their community members (e.g., merchants) can anonymously open no-cost channels to the leader's node. With Valet, these users can move their funds back to self-custodial Lightning at any time, in one click.
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Valet also has "FIAT CHANNELS", a Lightning implementation derived from the Hosted channels protocol. This enables the creation of stable Fiat values on Lightning, with Sats as the underlying monetary asset being moved. This solution is powered by a compulsory perpetual hedging of clients' Fiat exposure by the Host. Just like Hosted channels, any entity can run a Lightning node with the Fiat channels plugin and offer this solution to any user. Think of the Fiat channel protocol as an alternative to e-Cash, and it was designed to protect users (especially merchants) who are skeptical about Bitcoin's price fluctuation, ensuring they can confidently continue to use Bitcoin while running their businesses smoothly. It is equally useful to normal users within a Bitcoin community, who may have a fixed living cost, as it helps them be able to live within their fixed cost while being able to spend Bitcoin.
With Valet, you can live life fully on Bitcoin:
๐ On-chain for Savings
๐ Self-custodial Lightning for full sovereign, fast, and cheap payments.
๐ Hosted channels for anonymous, extremely cheap for small and fast payments.
๐ Fiat Channels for anonymous, everyday spending without flinching about Bitcoin's price fluctuation.
๐ก No infrastructure headaches, no management stress. Just a full Bitcoin standard life-cycle on any Android mobile device.
Check out this
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Valet Bitcoin
Valet brings non custodial Lightning node into your pocket