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Kanzan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I just sent value across nostr from my own wallet using my own node.

fully self sovereign zapping set up in minutes.

nothing to see here no doubt.
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The: Daniel⚡️ | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Bud, lots of us been doing that for a long time.
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Kanzan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 right.

iow, while technically possible, running a sovereign LN node is still a massive headache and potentially expensive in a high gee environment.

lets be honest with the people shall we?
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The: Daniel⚡️ | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I’m always honest with people. Running a node is getting easier and it’s possible to self custody even if you don’t run the infrastructure yourself. I have a full node with Lightning that I built in less than one day and a hosted Alby Hub node that I use only for Nostr that doesn’t me cost anything to run.
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Kanzan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 thanks for the clarification.

How is it your Alby node doesn't cost you anything to run?
You can administer it yourself?
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The: Daniel⚡️ | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It’s a cloud hosted LND instance where the user holds the private key and you can open channels with LSPs or other peers, and it connects to all of Alby’s NWC services and any Nostr clients that support it. It’s seamless.
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Alby | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 On our cloud it's LDK actually! 
But can use various instances, indeed.