Today, we’re thrilled to announce our latest innovation on the Lightning Network: Ghost Addresses. This means that anyone running their own lightning node will be able to have a Lightning Address without needing a custodial third party and without needing a publicly accessible server. The days of using custodial wallets or other centralized intermediaries are over. You can seamlessly receive spontaneous payments directly to self-custody.

At a time when the centralized options are becoming fewer and regulation seems to be tightening, we, as bitcoiners, have to build the self-custodial alternative and make it compelling. Custodial services often have great user experiences, but are central points of failure.

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