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quoting note1v3f…6w9y

The new LN Connect NIP is going to cause more custodial users than before. It's a shame it is being implemented. Instead of users have a one button click that opens their non custodial app, they will opt in for the least resistance which is a custodial alby account.

And don't give me the "but users can point this new untested software to their own node at home" because that'll be maybe 0.01% of users?

On one hand it's easy to be angry at custodial solutions but on the other, can you blame any dev? Absolutely nobody wants to stick an LND node on a phone. Or deal with port forwarding issues on a box that's just too hard for users to set up in the first place.

There's something beautiful about how we are building the Mutiny Wallet (npub1mut…23vg) SDK, and it may take awhile before we dog food it and promote it as a solution, but in the end it is API calls as simple as send and receive, all non custodially and with access to all of our surrounding services. On any mobile phone, platform, web browser, or server.

Paul (npub1p4k…cxf8) already showcased this with Mutiny SDK working on a replit instance at BTC++. Took about an hour to integrate a room full of devs.

I love building our own wallet, but supporting everyone's mission for non custodial and private bitcoin usage being easy throughout our whole ecosystem is something I'm equally looking forward to.