Not all Lightning wallets are the same. Some have a setup fee because it does some technical lifting in the background to make it fully self custodial, such as Breez, or Phoenix, Mutiny, etc. Some charge a high fee because they're not true Lightning wallets but function as one, such as Muun.
If you used Wallet of Satoshi or Alby, you'd have no setup fee and have cheap transactions all of the time. But the caveat here is that they are custodial wallets.
Derek Ross
npub18a…tp424
2023-06-27 16:30:56
in reply to nevent1q…fsn6
Author Public Key
npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424Published at
2023-06-27 16:30:56Event JSON
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