True - you do have tradeoffs. Small amounts distributed between custodial lightning wallets help mitigate the privacy issues. If you can, running your own is best...
Lightning allows for pretty solid privacy out of the box. Especially as most of the custodial wallets are non KYC
Use both - both have tradeoffs
The BTC Philanthropist
npub1hv…paqv9
2026-10-04 03:19:17 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…ehv3
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wss://nostr.momPublished at
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