i see - in this case the email question is nitpicking an issue that is low on the list of purity standards; 💩⚡

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You make good points. 

Also, a person can use a burner email. 

In this particular case, I think it is an Ark wallet, so there is the added complication that it has VTXOs that expire and that it's not exactly lightning.

Scoresby

does the wallet work properly, as a real LN wallet? do payments flow well?

a hard "no, never!" is similar to shutting oneself off from buying local produce from normies just cuz fiat bad;

for example, Rizful was working quite well as a lightning node manager - they have an email & 2FA requirement; not-really-your-keys still, and yet the sats flow correctly thru the LN ecosystem, with reliable uptime;

whatever technology is available at the moment, even if it drains the blood of the earth (petroleum)... if it gets the job done well, it can and shud be used as needed;

AskSN

bitcoin

lightning

Would you use a lightning wallet that requires you to provide an email address?

does the wallet work properly, as a real LN wallet? do payments flow well?

a hard "no, never!" is similar to shutting oneself off from buying local produce from normies just cuz fiat bad;

for example, Rizful was working quite well as a lightning node manager - they have an email & 2FA requirement; not-really-your-keys still, and yet the sats flow correctly thru the LN ecosystem, with reliable uptime;

whatever technology is available at the moment, even if it drains the blood of the earth (petroleum)... if it gets the job done well, it can and shud be used as needed;