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101 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 24 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: What's your weakest definition of a self custodial lightning wallet? bitcoin

I would recommend you to do first this experiment for your device:

  • take a simple tablet, but I recommend with android 11 or higher
  • install Blixt wallet (full vanilla LND node) - here is a full guide I wrote about Blixt
  • play with the option for setting a bitcoin node as neutrino server (default Blixt Node, yours, or blank - random neutrino in the network)
  • open a Dunder channel with Blixt node LSP to have some inbound liquidity
  • open a bunch of other channels with other nodes (see a list here, that I made)
  • activate the option for persistent service, so Blixt will stay up and will not stop the lnd service. In that way you will have a full LN node.
  • yes, this LN node will not make routing, but for your device you don't need that, is even recommended to not have a public (visible) node in the network.
  • in this way you can have a mobile node wherever you are, with minimal resources, full custody and full control.

I don't want to shill Blixt, but is a powerful app once you know it.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @andy OP 25 Sep 2023

Distributed Charge uses ubuntu server so it can run LND directly. Blixt look cool, but a major drawback is no reproducible F-droid build right now. Also, it's unclear where the push notifications are coming from. Why do we need push if the node is running locally on the phone?

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