Thanks for your answer! I have read the threads but apparently not studied them well enough. I will have another close look.
I can help you out with this, I'll give you several options:
@LoyceV Thank you so much for your answer and the merit! I should finally be able to be promoted to member status!
I remembered that I have seen a topic where somebody was offering test transactions but I could not find it anymore (and I usually don't look into the lending section
). I will look into all the options and hopefully get used to the LN a little bit more because I think its a great step towards mass adoption!
Thanks Guys!
[EDIT: one day later]
I thought I briefly share my experience from the testing for others be also encouraged to test it out! As LoyceV suggested, I went to coin-plaza to get me some Dogecoin in order the free up inbound capacity in my channel. Just a few clicks later I was proud owner of 1000 doge and had done my first lightning transaction.
After this, I could create a payment request and send it to my friend. From then on, sending even a few sats back an forth was easy, lighting fast (
) and basically free (1-3 sats fee per transaction).
In the next days, I will also try out the Blue wallet. So far everything I have done was with the Eclair wallet.
To me, it looks like a great system and I really hope that this will facilitate bitcoin adoption.
Thanks again, for the help. really appreciate it!