There Is No Such Thing As A “Lightning Wallet”
The wallet metaphor incorrectly describes the nature of the applications providing Lightning Network services.This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, cofounder and CEO of Breez.Although Breez often ranks highly on lists of the best “Lightning wallets,” attentive readers will have noticed that we never refer to Breez as a “wallet.” We’re not trying to confuse anyone. On the contrary, it’s the language of “wallets” in the context of Bitcoin and Lightning that’s confusing. Wouldn’t it be odd to hear someone refer to a fiat payment app, like CashApp, PayPal, or Venmo as a “wallet?”....
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