Yeah. People keep telling me to use this, but it's yet-another piece of software I have to self-host, to use Bitcoin. It's an entire pile of software and servers, growing up to the heavens like a bean stalk, at this point. The self-custody burden was originally just to have one on-chain wallet, but now I feel like I need a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, just to zap someone. I'm just so fed up and I manage and test a gigantic, complex, cloud server, for a living. I have no idea how anyone halfway normal can deal with this constant chaos and stress. Sorry. I guess I'm just ranting, at this point.

I've held off on a full LND node and just opted for Zeus for the job there. Seems like unless I run a routing node or a business with need for 24/7 uptime Zeus is just a much lower barrier to entry. I do think I'd avoid a laptop in any case. Hot wallet to me begs for a dedicated machine and even then I'm wary of big channels. Sorry for your woes.

I'm glad you're posting this information. As I've been studying the space, it's been a constant churn of "here's how to do it", where yesterday's method is "how you should never do it". I just assumed that I must be over-complicating things, but now it seems like I have not been.

I feel your pain... 🫂🫂💖😯😳🫂💖🤔

App version, no need to run your own server or your own instance of the web UI.

Completely acceptable. You run a full LN node with one single channel set up in 5mins. That's fine.