Spark, Ark, Greenlight, Liquid and ecash seem to be in a spectrum of trust tradeoffs when it comes to custody. Various wallets are leaning into one of these to make it simpler and easier for users to use Lightning.
I like what Zeus, Alby and Blixt are doing, which is none of the above. Closest to pure self-custody, but with a little bit of a learning curve.
So many Lightning wallet models out there to keep track of
•Alby's paid cloud hosting with an option to fully self-host
•Zeus/Blixt Embedded neutrino node with options to choose LSPs
•Phoenix's one-channel, one-LSP with splicing
•Breez SDK + Spark/Liquid/Greenlight
•Aqua/Bull On-chain + Liquid + atomic swaps
•Spark integration - Blitz, Wallet of Satoshi, maybe Blue wallet
•Ark integration - maybe Blue wallet
•Lightning with submarine swaps - Muun
•Ecash mints for custodying connected by lightning for inter-mint transfers - Fedi, Cashu
•Fully custodial - Blink, Strike
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