Kip on Nostr: Found out what was wrong with not being able to zap from Alby: Alby infrastructure ...

Found out what was wrong with not being able to zap from Alby:

Alby infrastructure isn't supporing sending lightning in the U.S.!

WHY DIDN'T I HEAR ABOUT THIS EARLIER?!

Just like WoS, they won't support US and are winding down their LNDHub (which I was previously able to use to send from Blue Wallet).

So...my experiment to see how easy it would be to onboard to Nostr on mobile only has been challenging to say the least.

- I'm sure Primal is the best if it works
- If Primal doesn't work, and now both Alby and WoS are not available as custodial solutions, what is left for a new user?

I run my own node, so I could connect Alby there and would have gotten there anyway, but again, the point was to see how easily and frictionlessly this could work.

Next up is trying Mutiny.

As an aside - I don't blame Alby and @Alby deserves a lot of credit for proactively reaching out to me after seeing this post.

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New Nostr user update: quite frustrated with zaps onboarding.

Primal wallet rejected me.
Setup Alby and can receive zaps just fine.
Problem is sending zaps.
Using NWC with Alby seemed smooth in the setup but always get the "configure funding" error.
At one point I was able to import my Alby wallet to blue wallet and send zaps from there but now get the same error.

Have been in contact with Alby support but they have moved it up to someone else and haven't heard of a solution.

My objective was simple: onboard to Nostr with the simplest, even custodial, solution to stay receiving and sending zaps.

Any other things I can do? This first experience has left me pretty frustrated with Nostr zaps, which was the whole appeal.
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