Here's a bit of the origin story for @Amboss We provide payment operations solutions for the Bitcoin Lightning Network!

With custodial lightning wallets withdrawing from the US, lightning users are choosing self-custody and better UX with Ghost Addresses! 👻 ⚡ ghst.to

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Tallycoin identified as an Umbrel app that conflicts with Ghost Addresses working. Happy Ghosting! Hope this helps 👻⚡

Introducing the Ghost Address! 👻⚡️ A Ghost Address is a Lightning Address for every lightning node, eliminating the reliance on custodial intermediaries to obtain a Lightning Address. Ghost Addresses enable easy lightning payments directly to self-custody! https://amboss.tech/_next/image?url=%2Fassets%2Fblog%2Fghost-addresses%2Fhero.webp&w=1920&q=75 What's a Ghost Address? 👻 It's the fusion of Phantom Payments first described by @Spiral with the simplicity of Lightning Addresses from @andre . It's all about making lightning transactions as easy as email. 📧⚡️ Getting started is easy. Update to the latest Ghost-enabled Thunderhub.io , claim your Ghost Address, and step into the new era of self-custodied lightning zaps! https://image.nostr.build/05bd50be440908dede1aa9527d95135bd31a016a5307d99a87462bde45fd7254.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=662x259&blurhash=Z04B%7CSo%24_3%3FbIT%25gITM%7BIA%7Eq-%3B%25M%3FbWBt7ofIUWAD%23%7Eqxu%25g-%3BRjxuM%7BWWRN-%3A_3Rj%3FbazIUxuIU&x=d23ba8a784c77403aae841466756a6d86031ef08960d5260825c42f54060a467 Dive deeper into Ghost Addresses, how they work, and their impact on the Lightning Network in our latest blog post:

Introducing Ghost Addresses

Anyone running their own lightning node will be able to have a Lightning Address without needing a custodial third party and without needing a publ...

. Lastly, Merry Christmas from the Amboss team! Now we can be sure that you'll be getting into the Christmas Spirit! 👻🎄

Christmas is coming early for the Lightning Node runners this year! 🎄 🎁 🎁 ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ Stay tuned for the big reveal tomorrow 🚀

Yields from selling channels on Magma briefly dropped below zero as mempool fees screamed higher. This is mostly due to the conservative calculation methodology where the close fee is predicted to match the open fee, but will be revised (⬆️ likely) as close fee data is received. https://image.nostr.build/a57b1a372140b65ed83bb10841bfbfcfafefbdc51cf5b809ce502111e36b4157.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=726x1200&blurhash=%5DD5Fb8gQVpsPVUm%24oIo%25jEogndjCa%24kYbyX%3DohnMbbofrloHXCbIj%5DkGoff3jbjWWZW%40oes*fkV%3DkCohjYofXBoIoHbJjX&x=58b17fc7e4aa077a7d18bcfd785190e3526e2449c2375536fa881bc5f039f69c Magma sellers also made a request for higher fixed fee options, which we implemented. Sellers can now align their pricing to support larger channel opens, for higher yields and lower prices.

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Due to the rising cost of Bitcoin transactions, we've added larger multipliers on channel open/close pricing. With a 4x multiplier, you can charge...

As a result, channel sellers on Magma are capturing higher yields by increasing fixed fee prices while Magma/Hydro channel buyers are seeing larger channels reach lower prices. LN Yields are again reaching 2% APY despite the high fee environment on Magma.

The median fee rate on the lightning network has doubled in response to increased transaction costs. This brings the fee rate to 50 ppm or 0.005% fee. https://image.nostr.build/5642b128b853ea3eb64e38b72c4a32cf85989a3cbe98bdbaeeda50eb6ab4b0d9.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1508x1200&blurhash=%2314Kplcr%3FI%3FHpItRBi-COVB4K%24%5ERS%7D%24*%3DMof%23qNZ%7EC%3D%7C%252TIt7JQI%3ARjI%3AxGk%3Bb%5E%3DgxaOUw%7Ce.WBPT%3Dz%252O%3BXRwzrsI%3Ars%24*%3D%7CTI-Cs%3BJ%25SKNZjFP9xuO%3D-CX8wg%2B%7DR%25wM&x=29c338ac1bef1968a849e164665add45e816174c693811a25081759a2c5a6557 #lightning #lightningnetwork

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Due to the rising cost of Bitcoin transactions, we've added larger multipliers on channel open/close pricing. With a 4x multiplier, you can charge double the high priority transaction fee to both open a channel and close it later. This favors larger channels at lower prices.

Over the past year, the lightning network capacity has remained almost completely flat IN BITCOIN TERMS. When viewed in USD terms, the lightning network capacity has grown by 149% or 2.5x. Not bad at all.