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 I have trouble zapping consistently.  Tried snort/Phoenix, but could only send, not receive.  Tried amethyst/Phoenix, same thing.  Tried amethyst/alby, could zap when I first set it up, now I can't zap anyone, but I can still receive? I'm not a dev or anything just simple user but everyone likes to talk about how zaps change everything, Valerie for value etc but fuck man, if people have to go through half a dozen combinations of clients and wallets to make it work - no one is going to do it. 
 Are you US based? 
 America north 
 Have you tried Wallet of Satoshi? 
 Not yet 
 Not sure if available in America north - if it is, it works very well. Just know it is custodial, and you can get rugged at any point in time 
 I'll give WOS a go after I compile all my little test stacks back together 
 Meaning canada 
 What Nostr client you use doesn’t affect your ability to receive zaps. Also, there’s no way to receive zaps to a Phoenix wallet. When sending zaps doesn’t work, the problem is more likely a temporary problem with the LNURL provider such as Alby. Nostr clients could do a better job at letting you know what went wrong, but it’s difficult cause a lot of things can go wrong and the LNURL provider doesn’t always let the Nostr client know what went wrong. 
 Thanks for the tips