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maven leo | 13 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 But don't you have to open a channel? Zeus is self-hosted, I think
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harold | 13 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 All I can tell you is that I used the btc from my Kucoin account. Sent it to my Zeus LN wallet. Zeus deducted 10k sats and now I'm able to send and receive LN into and from my Zeus wallet. From what I can tell in the Zeus app there is a channel open. However, almost all of my btc are kept on the Lightning node as mainchain btc on my server.
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maven leo | 13 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 That 10k was to open a lightning channel
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SLCW | 13 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah, that fee was for opening a lightning channel. With Zeus, you're running your own lightning node, and are fully self-custodial. It's a good choice for some, but if you're only using lightning for zaps, it may not be financially justifiable to commit to the fees associated with running a full node.
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harold | 12 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Until I can connect to channel it order to open one, Zeus will have to do. I can't get Alby to work and I can't connect to any of the channels through Thunderhub or RideTheLightning. So right now Zeus is it.