[Warning:]

Warning:

If you are using any of these wallets, know that you are at your own risk.

Lightning network should be used for small amount of bitcoin, the safest way are still cold and multisig wallets for on-chain transactions. Lightning wallets are just good for small amount of bitcoin and for frequent transactions.

Some lightning wallets open and close channels using liquid network which depends on intermediaries for peg-in and peg-out or something similar. Example is the opening and closing of a channel through the liquid network, or buying inbound liquidity which some wallets can offer.

Most importantly know that custodial lightning wallets are the worst. It is not your key which means it is not your coin. I do not use custodial lightning wallets but using this medium to let you just know about there existence. This post is not about their recommendation and I will not list any of them among the lightning wallet that I will list here. Do your own research to know about them.

Among all, the best to trust more is the trustless solution which is through the bitcoin on-chain opening and closing of channel which does not depend on intermediaries. But yet, use lightning network with small amount of money. If you are not spending your coins for a long time, use cold wallet instead.
Importance of lightning wallets:

After channel opening, low fee can be used for lightning transactions which can be good for daily or frequent transactions. Transaction confirmation time is very fast which is just a matter of few seconds.

Lists of open-source bitcoin lightning wallets

Name: Phoenix
Supported OS: Android and iOS
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Yes
Backup: 12 words seed phrase backup is important
Tor: Inbuilt
Launch date: 2019
Name: Zeus
Supported OS: Android and iOS
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Yes
Backup: 24 words seed phrase backup is important
Tor: No
Launch date: 2019
Name: Aqua
Supported OS: Android and iOS
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: Liquid
Newbies friendly: Yes
Backup: 12 words seed phrase is important for backup
Tor: No
Launch date: January 3rd, 2024
Name: Muun
Supported OS: Supported OS: Android and iOS
GitHub repository: Android l iOS
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Yes
Seed phrase backup: No
Backup: 18 characters (upper case and number) backup or using email backup
Tor: No
Launch date: 2019
Name: Mutiny
Supported OS: Android, iOS and Browser
GitHub repository: here
Type: Noncustodial
Category: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Yes
Backup:
Tor: No
Launch date: 2023
Name: Electrum
Supported OS: click here
Warning: Experimental
GitHub repository: Click here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: On-chain
Newbies friendly: No
Backup: Wallet file. 12 word seed phrase may be important to force close a channel
Tor: Yes (manual connection via Tor application)
Launch date: July 3, 2020 (Version 4.0.1)
Name: Bluewallet
Supported OS: Android,iOS and macOS
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Node connection required
Tor: Removed
Backup: x

Launch date: 2019
Name: Blixt
Supported OS: Android and iOS
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Node connection required
Backup:
Tor: Inbuilt
Launch date: 2022
Name: BTCitbanana
Supported OS: Android and F-Driod
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Category: On-chain
Newbies friendly: Node connection required
Backup:
Tor: Yes
Launch date: 2023
Name: Breez
Supported OS: Android and iOS
Warning: Beta
GitHub repository: both Android and iOS here
Type: Noncustodial
Channel: I do not know if it is truly noncustodial
Newbies friendly: Yes
Seed phrase backup: No
Backup: Google/iCloud (not good) or Remote server (I prefer seed phrase and wallet file but not included)
Tor: Yes
Launch date: 2019

It is good to know that close source lightning wallets are not listed, also that custodial lightning network wallets are not included. The wallets that required users to open and close channels, or connecting your own nodes for node runners are the ones I listed.

Old thread: Open-source Lightning wallets
Hugeblack posted that he is too busy to updated the old thread that was last edited in 2020. Thanks to him for giving me the opportunity to come up with this thread. Thanks to dkbit98 for the information I got about Aqua wallet. I did not contact him but his post about the wallet was useful. I saw his post on Bitcointalk. Thanks to DaveF for the information he provided about BTCitbanana on Hugeblack's old thread. Thanks to FinneysTrueVision for pointing to Aqua wallet. It was him that actually let me make research about the wallet before I saw bdkbit98 post about it. About its second wallet that he mentioned, Marina, I will still do research on it but it looks like a browse extension wallet which makes me not to research about it further for now. More wallets will later be added.

More will be added. You can suggest the ones you know.


Helpful links for beginners to know what lightning network is:

A Beginner's guideline to Bitcoin Lightning Network
Basics of the Lightning Network
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network#:~:text=The%20Lightning%20Network%20(LN)%20is,to%20the%20bitcoin%20scalability%20problem.
https://medium.com/coinmonks/getting-started-with-bitcoin-lightning-network-5cd57e218463
https://tara-annison.medium.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-lightning-network-aa2f7f9c6c31
The Lightning Network FAQ
The Lightning Network node experience
Lightning Network Observer

Stompix said it is a flood in Orenburg , Russia. There was flood in Dubai but not this image. But this does not change my question.

This was part of the flood in Dubai recently. The rain that should have fallen in almost 3 years fell in just one day and the whole of the city were flooded.



It is possible that doors and windows and wardrobes were broken. Can steel or titanium sheet survive this? It might probably has been swept away from the house into the ocean.

If I can remember, the last signature campaign I tracked myself to that I first joined is Rollbit, but I think I have joined some campaigns before I joined Rollbit. I could not remember if I have joined a signature campaign before or not before Rollbit.

Is there anyway someone can track all the signature campaigns he has joined before on this forum?

I saw a new topic today on reputation board about Little Mouse. I saw the accusation as false. I wanted to post there but the thread has been locked by the person that posted the topic. The person has also been trolling on MetaWin campaign recently.

Some newbies or someone may just read that his post and think what he posted is the truth about a campaign manager but which is not true. Why should a topic be locked on reputation board? It is about this forum members. Discussion there should be left unlock. Only pinned thread should be locked if need be.

I am referring to this topic: Do not trust @LittleMouse as he is a Liar, a signature spammer and false accuser

I do not like how the bitcoin mempool is since many months ago. I was able to cope but not anymore. We can see lightning network on some centralized exchanges but how about decentralized exchanges? I need a decentralized exchange that I can exchange to fiat that is having good reputation and supporting lightning network.

I have been reading about Electrum command lines using the console. There are some questions on this forum about some command lines. Examples are

To know if an address belong to your bitcoin wallet

Code:

ismine("your bitcoin address")

To get legacy address with 24 words seed phrase on Electrum:

Code:

make_seed(256,"","standard")

Command line can be used for other things like making payment and for making payment to several addresses and so on.

I want to see the list of command lines on Electrum and I make research and I saw this: https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmdline.html

To see the list of Electrum commands, type:

electrum help

I typed it with the use of the console and I saw this invalid error



Is there a way I can see all Electrum command lines?

One of the safest wallet are wallets on airgapped devices. But what some people do worry about is that they should format the device that they want to use for it and reinstall the operating system.

Assuming you did not format the device but make it airgapped. Can malware still be able to affect the device? The reason I said this is not because I will not format the device but because I read that not all malware can be completely removed from the device after formatting and OS reinstallation.

Some people also said Windows and macOS are not good for privacy. But is it necessary to also use Linux or Tails for airgapped device? I think no matter the OS that you use, as long as it is not an online wallet, Windows and Appple can not know what you are doing.

When I go through a post of other members, I will see the link to a merit page which can be used to merit the particular post that you have just read. If it is my own post, I can not merit it. Then why should merit link to give merit to a post be seen on my own post when I can not merit myself. I think something should be done for us not to see the merit link on our own posts. Only other people's posts should the merit link be seen.

[Advice]

Advice
Do not use the seed phrase or private key that produces the public key for having your coins. Use another seed phrase for your bitcoin. Use this just for staking.

If it is a seed phrase wallet, you will use of the public keys that your wallet seed phrase generated. If it is a single private key wallet, you will use the public key that your private key generated.

How to get you public key from Electrum
If you open Electrum, click on addresses. You will see your bitcoin address or lists of bitcoin address. Right click on any address among that you want to use its public key. You will see details, click on it. The Public key will start from 02, 03 or 04.

How does it work
You will send the public key to the person that you want to proof to that you are the owner of the public. The person will use the public key to encrypt a message and send you the. Only you that has the private key of the public key can decrypt the message. If you are able to decrypt the message, that means you are the owner of the the public key as you are bake to decrypt it with the private key that produces the public key.

What do you think about this?

It is important to backup your seed phrase but some people said the backup is not good online but which is true because we have seen how hackers was able to see some people seed phrase online and steal their coins. But I have been thinking recently that how can people in countries with natural disaster be able to backup their seed phrase offline? An example is the flooding that occured in Pakistan like 2 or 3 years ago that submerged 1/3 of the country under water. Even if you backup your seed phrase offline in many locations, it is possible that kind of flood can lead to permanent loss of your offline seed phrase.

Assuming that there is a lightning network transaction between two people and they want to make evidence to be available to another person as witness, you can send the txid of bitcoin transaction to the third person which the person can use to trace the transaction on blockchain. But how about lightning network? Is there a way it can be tracked?  I want to use lightning network because of the cheap transaction fee and fast transaction that it has, but I do not think it is possible for third person to trace it which will let me to use the normal transaction that can be tracked using txid.

Legal board : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=74.0

ragiceski is spamming the board with Korean language and posting rubbish.



If he continues, ban him.

I could remember when Electrum fake wallets were common on Google Playstore. There were many other wallets with fake apps on Android. People offen report it of which I guess most many reports are from people on this forum because they can easily know the right and the fake app.

Have you noticed that App Store is bombarded with Apple fake apps now and these fake apps are common than before. I saw another one on Cointelegraph just not long ago but which is about Curve Financial which is a decentralized finance protocol.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-curve-finance-app-listed-apple-store


Any app can be cloned and fake in order to scam some people. Use the official site to download a software or just make sure the app you are about to download have been downloaded by many people like above 100000 people before you proceed to download it.

[404 Media then used another fake ID generated by this site to successfully step through the identity verification process on OKX.]

Shockingly it is just $15 to get a fake AI generated driver licenses and passports. It has been reportedly succeeded KYC verification on many crypto exchanges.

The site, OnlyFake, generates realistic fake driver’s licenses and passports from 26 countries, including the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and multiple European Union countries, and takes payment in multiple cryptocurrencies through Coinbase’s commercial payments service.

Exchange users need to be careful. People are many on centralized exchanges and this makes it for scammers to look for people to scam.

In our own tests, OnlyFake created a highly convincing California driver's license, complete with whatever arbitrary name, biographical information, address, expiration date, and signature we wanted. The photo even gives the appearance that the ID card is laying on a fluffy carpet, as if someone has placed it on the floor and snapped a picture, which many sites require for verification purposes. 404 Media then used another fake ID generated by this site to successfully step through the identity verification process on OKX.

We have been hearing about this type of fake verification since many years ago.. It is not new.

If you import BIP39 seed phrase on Electrum wallet, the wallet will not show the seed phrase. On Android Electrum, you can not also know the private key of any address.

Except clipboard malware that can be used even to steal on cold wallets. Is there any other malware that can be used to steal on the wallet?

You can not know the BIP39 seed phrase or any private key on Android Electrum.

Someone asked about how to add link to a post. It was Cantsay that first answered and this was what he posted:

https://ninjastic.space/topic/5480937




Then Mia Chloe gave the correct answer:




Later Cantsay edited his on post:




You can see the thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480937.msg63467086#msg63467086


I will say it is just like Cantsay plagiarized Mia Chloe. But the question has been asked before that Cantsay was the one that answered the question. So I will not say that he plagiarized than he wants to be the first to post. I am posting this in reputation for him to change because this is not going to help him later.

We can edit our post, but it should not be in an offensive way. You saw someone that posted what you are about to post that is the answer to a thread, then delete your post is better than posting what that person posted and making it appear like you were the one that first posted it.

Hello Sir @ Cyrus, hilariousandco

On the first or second of January 2024, I saw a gambling risk warning on the gambling boards which was about how gambling is risky and how people should gamble responsibly. I said to myself that this is good and an improvement to the gambling boards. But when I was reading some gambling posts as I am not yet ready to post anything, I want to read the warning again but I did not see it. Why is the warning removed?

[Theft stat]

I posted recently about how MS Drainers scammers used Google ads to steal $59 million from 63000 people in 9 months, according to a report. What I saw today even surprised me more about how people do not care about how to avoid scammers and hackers.

You can easily understand what I am saying from the news title: Scam Sniffer 2023: Crypto Phishing Scams Drain $300 Million from 320,000 Users

Theft stat





Notable Wallet Drainers





How do they initiate phishing activities?

On the former thread, we only talked about MS drainers. There are other ones. They use their Google and X ads which was formerly called Twitter to get through their victims that they drain their wallets. Other social media or means are also used.





Phishing sites are increasing day by day. You can see that from this chart:





I was thinking people will be able to know about phishing scam. We talked very well on them on this forum. But there are still many people that do not want to look for ways to protect their wallets and giving way for wallet drainers to steal their coins and tokens.

There are still more to know about them, read full on https://drops.scamsniffer.io/post/scam-sniffer-2023-crypto-phishing-scams-drain-300-million-from-320000-users/

Bitcoin transaction fee is high and I am looking for other ways that I can store my coins. I have been reading about bitcoin side chains but I do not really know what they are. What are bitcoin sidechain like Rootstock and what wallet can I used to store them?

I also want to ask if those pegged coins are side chains or not?

I prefer staking before matches start when I started to gamble as a newbie. I later prefer virtual matches. I left both to staking on live matches which is what I gamble with most on bookies now.

This is just for fun. Let us post and have fun to know which one that most people on this forum that are posting on this gambling board like most.

Do not gamble more than you can afford to lose.