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 nostr:nprofile1qqsy3lrlfn5sgpfvl0ad8ankwnaryx6qsrfanuetqs2mmcycmrkp83cpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wf3kutnrdakszxnhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wf5kx6r9wvhx7un86k5q3x you need to connect a lightning wallet, I can't zap you freedom zaps! 
 Ah fuck, I know, just haven’t gotten around to connecting/setting up the wallet.
Is there a node or something I can connect to without needing Alby or a user account? 
 Wallet of Satoshi, if you're outside of the US or use a VPN to use it.
Otherwise a Fountain Podcasts address will work too, plus you get sats for listening to podcasts.  
 Both WoS and Fountain only need an email to log in if you get logged out 
 Hm in theory you can connect to "any NWC wallet", meaning I can create a NWC connection secret to which you can link the Alby Extension. But don't use it as your lightning wallet, because I might rugpull you (I'll try not to). Alby Extension will work and you can just use it for nostr then.

I'm sending you the connection secret in DMs
 
 What guarantees that @Alby would not rug pull people’s wallets? 
 Nothing, other than the reputational hit they would take. There a level of trust, but we allow banks to hold our dollars. Just don't hold a lot in there, treat it like a real wallet, a few hundred bucks maybe, not thousands. 
 That’s very contrary to the principles of #bitcoin, defeats the whole purpose of bitcoin

#lightning is flawed 
 Yes, that is a flaw, but we cam run our own nodes and control it ourselves as intended. 
 Hypothetically, could a #lightning node/wallet be built into the #Bitcoin core app? 

Or would that be hard/compromise security somehow? 
 That's beyond my understanding or skill, others on Nostr might know.