techfeudalist on Nostr: I don’t view Breez as self custodial. They appear to manage liquidity by being a ...
I don’t view Breez as self custodial. They appear to manage liquidity by being a “man in the middle” for payments. It seems like they don’t custody payments for very long, but for a brief period they take possession of your funds.
I think it’s great that they do so because self-custodial Lightning is difficult to manage. I just don’t think they should say they are self-custodial when they aren’t 100% self-custodial.
I maintain that we’re moving now into a custodial world for most people. We’ll need to limit the custodial touch points and risks through smart technology (like Breez) and geo-distributed federations.
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2024-02-12 00:55:01Event JSON
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