BitcoinStu on Nostr: if you must use lightning I suggest doing that completely separate from your layer 1 ...

if you must use lightning I suggest doing that completely separate from your layer 1 bitcoin stack. That should be stamped in steel, buried in the foundation of your house.

Then just get any lightning wallet you want, buy some from an exchange that supports lightning withdraws, or use a wallet provided by an exchange that can give it to you.

You should never have much money in a lightning channel, no more than you want to lose. And don't mix your L1 bitcoin with your LN bitcoin, ever.