I've been away from my node and Lightning for well over a year now. While I'm impressed with the insane pace of lightning adoption, especially on Nostr, it feels like it's been reigned in by legacy banking.
KYC to set up a lightning wallet?
Gone are the wild west days of Bitcoin/LN, it seems.
Nick / Nick Yam
npub1a7…qmzde
2025-04-27 02:15:32
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2025-04-27 02:15:32Event JSON
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