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What's your go to Lightning Wallet for Instant payments?

761 sats \ 46 comments \ @BitcoinAbhi 19 Aug lightning

I had to make a rare LN payment today. We, on India have few merchants accepting Bitcoin as payment. I'm using multiple LIghtning wallets as suggested by @Darthcoin. Because, I had three ready options to pay instantly, I got a little confused over which one to use more often for sending instant payments.

Got curious 🧐 to know what's stackers' first choice?

So, why not! Tell SN, what's your go to Lightning wallet for instant payments?

Alby19.6%

Blink 8.9%

BitKit0.0%

Phoenix 30.4%

BlueWallet 5.4%

Zeus23.2%

Thunderhub0.0%

Spark0.0%

ShockWallet 1.8%

Other (Write in comment box)10.7%

56 votes \ poll ended

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301 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

1st choice for what kind of payment?

large? (more than 500k sats)
small (zaps, less than 10k sats)
more private...
groceries, beers normal shit
quick onboarding a new user
advanced payment, mpp, specific route etc

Each wallet will have a specific use case...

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

Please suggest for all types in comment box. get to learn something advanced

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

start here: https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/getting-started-stack-sats-en.html

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

Thanks

242 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 19 Aug

alby with zeus remote connection has been my smoothest payment experience with fair fees. when i have more time and patience, i go with zeus embedded. i sometimes fallback to phoenix. if i need to receive a quick payment, and don't have my device, i give a coinos lightning address

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Athena 19 Aug

Zeus is my first choice. It's little complicated but it is best.

55 sats \ 6 replies \ @IamSINGLE 19 Aug

Is Thunderhub a wallet? Can someone please give me a link.

I have only used LN for payments 2 times and that too for less than 10k sats. I used Mutiny on all three occasions and it was a very smooth experience. Now Mutiny would cease to exist, I think Blixt, Blink, and Zeus would be my preference. For small payments, I'd use any but for larger ones I would prefer zeus.

163 sats \ 2 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

https://www.thunderhub.io/

https://m.stacker.news/46865

310 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

and updated circles diagram

https://i.postimg.cc/ZRv9FJk6/wallets-3-circles-v3.jpg

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

I also have this saved

28 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

Is Thunderhub a wallet?

It means you didn't read my guides
you never run your LN node

https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/lightning-wallets-comparison-en.html

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 19 Aug

I don't know much about nodes. I'm still very new. I've been reading your guides but TBH haven't gone through this one.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

is one of the most important ones...

132 sats \ 11 replies \ @siggy47 19 Aug

Right now, it's Blixt and Zeus.

75 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

I believe, These two are good at this time.

70 sats \ 9 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

Full self-custodial LN nodes on mobile, what a chad...

Do you keep them on persistent mode?
Do you keep both of them in persistent mode in the same time?
Do you just open when is needed and wait for graph to sync?
You use them sporadically (just few times per day) ?

42 sats \ 8 replies \ @siggy47 19 Aug

You gave me advice on both. I keep Blixt on persistent. I have three channels opened, including the first one that opened with Dunder(pretty small). I keep it on persistent, but I don't have it running in background on my phone. The channels close, but I use it a lot so it's no big deal. For Zeus, I use it with my own node. I don't use the LSP. I love Zeus, but it seems to take longer to load than Blixt, so I probably don't use it as often.

64 sats \ 7 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

OK I see, so you still didn't discovered in full both of them. Ok give it time.

42 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 19 Aug

Right now I'm using the Lightning box address on Blixt as my SN receive wallet.

64 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

oh yeah that is very easy way (if you use it in persistent mode). But I like to use that address in a more private cases (friends and family sending), but yeah with SN is not revealed to anybody else but SN.

Also I do not plan to keep my Blixt mobile node for a long time. I always nuke it after a while and start over with a new one (new nodeID). This is an advantage of running private nodes.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 Aug

Do you use Olympus? Have you tried the Alby Hub thing?

43 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

#654416

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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 19 Aug

Let me ask you some questions? I keep Blixt on persistent, but I will still get temporary closes unless I also set the wallet to run in background. If I turn off remain running in background, is there any benefit to persistent?

64 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

Indeed if you do not open at least once the app, after 24-36h android is still killing the background service, even that the persistent mode is active.

What I suggest for Blixt or Zeus embedded:

if you plan to use it during the day (even for receiving random zaps), just keep it persistent on and every 4-8h just open it, for fun.
during the night, just close the persistent mode and let the phone to charge normally.

Persistent mode is more when you really have intense activity in/out and do not want to wait 10 sec to load the graph at startup. That's all.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 19 Aug

That explains it very well. Thanks

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53 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 19 Aug

If you can find a wallet with a faster draw than shockwallet let me know and i'll pay a bug bounty ;)

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

Definitely @DarthCoin can win that Bounty. I am not expert.

200 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Aug

indeed with shockwallet you can have them all in one place

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bazoobtc 19 Aug

Wallet of Satoshi for ease of use and Phoenix for self custody

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 19 Aug

Since I started my journey in Bitcoin, I started using Blue Wallet and Phoenix, they are truly excellent wallets.

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @gandules 19 Aug

Aqua https://aquawallet.io

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @ACYK 19 Aug

I use Zeus because it works for me every time. However, it is far from ‘instant.’ If I am at a merchant, I have to make sure to open Zeus early so it can get through these first three screenshots on its own, then I have to swipe down on the fourth screenshot (top of the channels tab) until the total inbound/outbound no longer shows zero. Then I’m ready for a successful lightning payment. I just do this before I’m ready to check out.

https://m.stacker.news/46889 https://m.stacker.news/46890 https://m.stacker.news/46891 https://m.stacker.news/46892

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 19 Aug

Following the advice of the master @darthcoin I have several wallets prepared to receive or make payments. But one of the most useful is the Alby duo with Blue Wallet, I also have some channels with Green or Phoenix.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Manikese 19 Aug

River is the best (wallet that technically isn’t a wallet but can be used as one). Setup auto reoccurring deposit to make fiat to btc conversion free.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 19 Aug

Zeus

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 19 Aug

coinOS

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LowK3y19 20 Sep

Breeze

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 20 Aug

Phoneix is a winner here. Is it in Arizona?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 19 Aug

Electrum or Phoenix

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @160ed04091 19 Aug

Phoenix Wallet is Known for its user-friendly interface and strong integration with the Lightning Network, Phoenix Wallet offers a seamless experience for both beginners and advanced users.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 19 Aug

If you're puttin' stress on 'instant', Alby and WOS are the best. However, I only have very little amount in them.

Zeus is best for holding, it's not instant at all. Blixt is also good for Holding sats.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nerd2ninja 19 Aug

Yo why Zeus on here but not Blixt? What's with that? Lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Warrior 19 Aug freebie

Wallet of Satoshi💯❤️

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Octopus 19 Aug outlawed

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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 19 Aug

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi OP 19 Aug

Nice.