Oddbean new post about login | logout Lightning is extremely difficult to use. I just tried to set my daughter up with a wallet. Decided on @AQUA Wallet Copied the 12 words, did all the teaching. Asked her to create an invoice for 5k sats. Then she got the wheel of death, invoice never generated. Tried again, it worked. Attempted to pay (from another Aqua), got an error message. Gave up.
When I installed @AQUA Wallet to see what it is about I was presented with this screen and stopped the setup. They try to instill brand loyalty into newbies who don't read the ToS or know how bitcoin keys work with the illusion that their keys are Aqua compatible only. This is the setup for a normal bip39 on-chain bitcoin wallet, nothing lightning yet, and no explanation. https://image.nostr.build/d2c330882252ded377ebb5233ef5a6e94ed811892982e95f9660f423a177243e.jpg
Thats sad to see. When me and selene came up with the concept for aqua at blockstream the idea was that it would be an easy to use singlesig wallet that wasn’t hard to recover like green. This is not what I expected :/
I'm trying to get a hold of them for a while now, if you are in touch with someone on the inside please pass this on. I'm not trying to destroy anything or anyone's reputation, I just want Bitcoin tech to be clear and precise. It's complicated enough, we really shouldn't add more confusion. nostr:nevent1qqsz5728wn0mprm5fvwnlr9uj6qvy2njgm74v5jfv4kwyez9hjct9mspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsyg87gqlw8ffje8xgjdtxehwkqs7gwtafycwmysqj04srmywqycu3mypsgqqqqqqsu5ql57
Yeh, problematic. I am just no longer sure which wallet to recommend to new users… I have tried them all, and if you don’t know what you are doing, it will end up being a horrible experience. Perhaps Phoenix is the best option? But if you don’t understand a little about channels, it will be problematic. WOS is gone. Blue is gone. Many of the wallets aren’t interoperable. I am a huge supporter of Lightning, but it seems to be getting worse.
Mutiny with Federations is my new favourite to recommend
Maybe try one of the other wallets do you need the 5k to be self custody?
Which would you recommend? I use Zeus paired with my node, but we can’t expect most to do this. I could use lndhub and let all of my family use the node, but that doesn’t really scale.
I have used zbd, primal, Wallet of satoshi (outside of usa), or none custodial and Phoenix but i find it cumbersome.
