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hsjoberg / blixt-wallet

Bitcoin Lightning Wallet with focus on usability and user experience
https://blixtwallet.github.io
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Add a curated list of node to open channel #1137

Open hsjoberg opened 1 year ago

hsjoberg commented 1 year ago

Could be based on community nodes #1033

GUI-wise you can make use of the SelectList helper.

Darth-Coin commented 1 year ago

Yes this is necessary, especially for new Blixt users that don't know to which node should open. That list I created in #1033 is good but not so many new Blixt users know about it (even that is mentioned in many guides and FAQ - people don't read).

Even a link (inside Blixt) to that list is enough for the moment until a better solution will be found.

hsjoberg commented 1 year ago

I'm not sure exactly where we should keep this list.

We could keep track of it in a JSON file hosted on blixtwallet.github.io. Or we can hardcode it inside Blixt Wallet itself.

Having outside Blixt makes it easy to update it.

hsjoberg commented 1 year ago

Related issue #1187

Darth-Coin commented 7 months ago

We can extend this list also with the nodes that offer neutrino servers. Sometimes help users with stuck sync, just by switching to another neutrino. Who knows maybe is about caching IPs or something. Happen to me once.

But we need this list in Blixt ASAP. People have no idea with who to open channels. I will try to add more nodes, but I need to vouch them first. Not all are good.