I was keen to monetise my walking, so I downloaded sMiles, which paid me sats for my steps. At that time, I was new to the Lightning Network, so when sMiles allowed for instant synchronisation with The Wallet of Satoshi, that was the Lightning wallet that I chose. I think you guys also know that it’s very intuitive to pick up the ropes for this custodial wallet. I learnt how to use it in no time at all. However, there were two things that bothered me. One, sometimes it appeared that the Lightning Network didn’t register my transaction, so I had to try several times before I succeeded in transferring my sats from sMiles and Carrot to The Wallet of Satoshi. Secondly, no matter what time of the day I tried, I had to pay a transaction fee of 7000 or 8000 sats. I don’t know if I used it incorrectly but that was my reality - an exorbitant transaction fee.
Subsequently, one kind Internet stranger suggested that I use Muun. So this is the wallet that I have been using these days. It so happened that I stumbled upon Stacker News. Okay I think Muun is harder to grasp than The Wallet of Satoshi because I had to learn how to fill in the amount of sats and generate a Lightning Invoice before I could proceed with a withdrawal. But I soon got the hang of it, if I may say so myself.
Ever since I hung out here, I learnt that perhaps it would be wise to use a non-custodial wallet like Phoenix and Breez. I know Muun is meant to be a non-custodial wallet but it seems that some people feel that its protocol resembles that of custodial wallets? So I am toying with the idea of using a non-custodial wallet. Just to level up.
How about you? How many Lightning Wallets have you used before you settled on your current one? Or do you have many different wallets for different purposes or to mark different seasons in your life?