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Matt Warren | 3 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 Testing an always-on Zeus setup for receiving zaps. Using an old Pixel phone with CalyxOS and Obtainium. If this goes well, I'm going to look into improving the setup in various ways.

Would appreciate small test zaps and feedback on whether errors occur. 🫡

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neutron | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Zapped with Primal that initially showed the zap in the UI, but then it disappeared and no zap in the zap history either. So it didn’t work.
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Matt Warren | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's making me manually 'redeem' zaps in the app for some reason. Not sure how to get it to just accept anything that comes in. @ZEUS I appreciate the test.
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neutron | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, can confirm that the zaps show correctly at my end now.
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isolabell.art 🎨 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Below 10 sats you cannot send zap and anyway even sending 10 sats the process was very long from Minibits wallet.
In any case it worked.
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Matt Warren | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 All things I was hoping to learn in testing. Testing myself wouldn't reveal something like a Minibits delay since I don't use it. I appreciate your time and effort. It's looking like this isn't the solution I was hoping for. Self-custody Lightning is still kind of a pain to be honest.
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isolabell.art 🎨 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Have you tried whether the Alby hub function is more practical?
It seems to be the easiest solution.
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Matt Warren | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I have used Alby exclusively, but practical currently comes at a cost, unfortunately. I'm trying to come up with the most practical way of not relying on something like Alby.
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isolabell.art 🎨 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Currently, I don't think there is a practical, simple and cheap solution to have your own lightning node and be self-sovereign, unfortunately.
But if you find it I will be happy to help you test it.
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Matt Warren | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It turns out that this is an okay solution for receiving larger, intentional payments (like a friend owes me for a round of golf or something and I don't want to screw around with an invoice), but there were some quickly apparent issues that negated the point of the setup vs what I already have setup on my daily phone.

I appreciate everyone's help in testing. The unattended self-custody Lightning saga continues. 💀 For the record, my goal is to come up with a setup that people of average technical knowledge can deploy on something like an old or cheap phone.

On a related note, having other people help with testing uncovers things one may never figure out without help. It's a good idea to let other people poke holes in your systems to avoid costly blindspots later on.

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