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 Like 50 people told me to sort out getting a Lightning address on my profile last night, so I went down that rabbit hole. I think I got it working with npub.cash. Still feeling a bit lost, this is kind of like discovering the internet in the mid 90s for the first time again for me 😂 
 I zapped you 21 sats and it didn't show in my alby that it went through.  
 It seems like it's working, some have already showed up 😅 
 Weird, it still has not subtracted the 21 sats from my wallet. But I'm on mobile with tor, so maybe it's just being slow.  
 ⚡️ 
 The best part is you can explore different types and pick the one that you like the best. I’ve probably used 8-10 so far. You can use different ones for sending and receiving, and send balances between them. Once you learn about self custody, the real journey begins. 
 Everyone who joines my Minecraft server gets one autogenerated upon login along with their in game lightning wallet. 
[Playername]@sovereigncraft.com 🫡
Amazing Bitcoiners don't know much about layer 2 
 FWIW strike is the simplest way to get this going — goes right into your balance then have a free option for cold storage 

I run a lightning node but for simplicity still opt for using centralized services with periodically moving things over to self custody 
 Welcome to the jungle! 🤣  
 WELCOME TO COMPUTER DREAMS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL0RH3x7Zzo  
 you’re on the path 🫡 
 I have an @Alby invite if you want to try it. Alby integrates tightly with nostr and many other bitcoin services.  
 Yeah, that would be awesome! 
 Will do! It asks for an email address to send the invite to. Feel free to DM it if you don’t want to post that publicly. 


https://image.nostr.build/6aa102dac3824087589c4fb14145457bfab9bd9aade0628debd9727e6d211ac8.jpg 
 So true 🤣 but that’s why most of us are here. 
 If your nip-05, email and lnaddress are all the same I want to follow you.  
 Hit the nail on the head, welcome to the new internet🤝 
 What’s a good wallet to configure for zaps if you’re in the US? 
 This is the way 
 It’s nuts amirite? 😆

Since you’re using npub.cash, check out the @0xchat app. Makes it super easy to redeem your ecash. 
 Thanks for the recommendation. I actually just went ahead and decided to set up the Alby wallet for now since I got an invite yesterday. 
 No problem. Have fun out there. 🤙  
 Welcome George 
 Set up a nostr address for free on  @Voltage in 5 minutes.

voltage.cloud/nostr

nostr:note1ed59msjj5qqrknd0el423e398y7lxlwprn3n4v879jsr30ukx7usalsmpt  
 Yet Crypto is over a decade old... sad. 
 Can you expand more on what you mean by this? 
 A decade is 100 years in technology and we still haven't made things simple. 
 awesome profile pic!
Check out #nostrgang, i'll put you in the next one!