YOLOSpirit⚡️ on Nostr: I am not sure how Alby work under the hoods, but I found a video on Youtube from BTC ...
I am not sure how Alby work under the hoods, but I found a video on Youtube from BTC Sessions (npub1rxy…hnp8) that show how to connect Zeus to your Alby lightning node. https://youtu.be/2Z1BzwxdP4I?si=pSOuQuUhGoz7gDbR&t=3141
Zeus app should open faster when using your own node instead of the embedded one because your node should already be synced, while I think the embedded LND node need to sync before opening. (Your mobile phone LND node is not always running in the background, but I think there is a settings named "Persistent LND" that make it run in the background.)
I think that to get all your sats back, you need to close the channel and you will be able to spend all your remaining sats on layer 1 in your on-chain wallet. (You will have to pay fees to close the channel)
Also I forgot to mention but in addition to the remaining minimum balance required to be able to close the channel, you have to set the max fee for a payment either as a percentage of the payment or a maximum set amount. So this is also taken in consideration.
So to recapitulate:
1. Your lightning channel need to keep a reserve balance to be able to close the channel. This prevent you to spend outbound liquidity.
2. When you try to make a payment, you have to have the max fee specified in addition to 1. In zeus you can specify the max fee just before the payment is made in settings sub-menu of the payment and you can also set the default value in the app settings.
Also if someone can confirm what I said, I am also still learning.
Zeus app should open faster when using your own node instead of the embedded one because your node should already be synced, while I think the embedded LND node need to sync before opening. (Your mobile phone LND node is not always running in the background, but I think there is a settings named "Persistent LND" that make it run in the background.)
I think that to get all your sats back, you need to close the channel and you will be able to spend all your remaining sats on layer 1 in your on-chain wallet. (You will have to pay fees to close the channel)
Also I forgot to mention but in addition to the remaining minimum balance required to be able to close the channel, you have to set the max fee for a payment either as a percentage of the payment or a maximum set amount. So this is also taken in consideration.
So to recapitulate:
1. Your lightning channel need to keep a reserve balance to be able to close the channel. This prevent you to spend outbound liquidity.
2. When you try to make a payment, you have to have the max fee specified in addition to 1. In zeus you can specify the max fee just before the payment is made in settings sub-menu of the payment and you can also set the default value in the app settings.
Also if someone can confirm what I said, I am also still learning.