I respectfully disagree with @corndalorian that people should not try to run their own ln node. I still like him. 

 @corndalorian does not like me and has me muted 

 Shame. 

 I suspect the same with me. Wouldn't know why either. 

 It's not that I think people blanketly shouldn't do it. It's that most people have no need to, and many people couldn't figure it out anyway even if they tried. There is nuance to this and unfortunately everyone that replies to me about it wants to ignore that. Uninterested in discussing it further.  

 If you don't want to route payments you can use umbrel or start9 pretty easily.

I just don't get the barrier outside of not having the motivation. 

 This ,! ✨
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 I totally agree! True friendship blossoms in beautiful ways between people who are opposites in many topics, and still love conquers and us above it. 🤙 

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 words to live by. 

 Surround yourself with people who don't respectfully disagree just for the sake of disagreement.

Some people just want to "take you down a notch" even if they respect you.