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‼️Useful info for new users‼️
My two cents on how to manage your nsec private key and lightning wallet/address:

For web browser nostr clients, I use the Alby (https://getalby.com) browser extension to store my nsec. That way, I don't have to risk entering my private key into many different clients (I use 5-10 different ones). Alby holds my key and signs notes when necessary.

For iOS, I use Damus and Primal. I've given each of these apps my nsec because there isn't any other way to log in at the moment (that I'm aware of). My understanding is that folks are building ways to get around this (nsecbunker, nsec.app, etc).

For lightning zaps, I receive to my anders@getalby.com wallet (provided by the alby browser extension). I also use this extension to send zaps on desktop.

For sending zaps on iOS, I use the inbuilt lightning wallet on primal mobile.

Something to note here is that the lightning address on your nostr profile is only used for receiving zaps. When you send a zap on a web client, your client will attempt to pay using whatever lightning wallet is available via webln (https://www.webln.dev/). On mobile, Primal sends zaps via the built in wallet.

I think this setup gives a decent amount of security and flexibility, but remember there are no perfect solutions, only tradeoffs.