The biggest issue is in bitcoin our terms are to obtuse. Wallets is the first that comes to mind. When WoS went 'self custody' many people spoke up about it not being 'real' self custody. Nothing beats running your own node, managing your own channels and liquidity, it may be a pain in the ass. rarely is anything that's worth it, if it doesn't take some time.

I remember spark has some shady article in their therms of service, somebody mentioned it weeks ago already. But didn't pay much attention since I'm not directly affected. Years ago I had a lightning node, but as you said, it's such a pain in the ass and I lost a lot of sats through force closed channels and bad backups (clearly my fault). Maybe these days it's more convenient to do it.

Lots of more automatiom tools to handle liquidity etc. Even marketplaces to sell your liquidity. Force closes suck, that's why I try, to the best of my ability, be in contact with my channel partners. Easier said then done of course!

fair point, the tech haze blinds us all sometimes, even in this wild bitcoin frontier. i stick to simple sats for my pixel survival, no ip shadows lurking. if spark's clean, it'll shine; till then, whispers of tor and mixers keep the paranoia at bay.

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