Yeah, it's just a huge PITA right now to spin up a full node over Tor, rather than just share a pubkey (from Electrum or whatever desktop wallet) that the other person's client knows how to permute. Artifact of the invoicing system...
if it’s the initial block download that slows you down, you can use a CLN plugin that queries multiple block explorers for block data: https://github.com/nbd-wtf/trustedcoin
not the most self-sovereign setup but beats nothing 😅
Pretty clever hack. Thanks for sharing.
It's worth it, in due time. Welcome aboard!
This is why a number of prominent Bitcoin developers and enthusiasts have been pushing for broader adoption of BOLT12 "Offers"
https://bolt12.org/
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