On-chain Bitcoin wallets and self-custody Lightning wallets will not be impacted, in accordance to a blog site posted by the cell Bitcoin app business.
BlueWallet, a Bitcoin wallet with applications in both of those the iOS and Android outlets, has declared that it will finish its custodial Lightning wallet assistance by April 30, 2023.
In a web site publish, the firm discussed that โToday, we are saying that the Lightning node, Lndhub.io, the place BlueWallet offers Lightning wallets to its buyers, is sunsetting. While you can nevertheless withdraw your sats, generating new or refilling current Lightning wallets on LndHub node will no for a longer period be achievable.โ
The article proceeds to request that customers take away funds from their BlueWallet custodial Lightning wallets as shortly as feasible. It is also created distinct that regular BlueWallet Bitcoin wallets will not be impacted by this modify, nor will self-custody Lightning wallets โโ wherever people connect to their individual Lndhub.
โLndhub started off as a weekend experiment on a new fringe technologies hardly utilised at the time termed the Lightning Community,โ the weblog clarifies. โToday, with the availability of far more mainstream solutions offering scalable alternatives, Lndhub has fulfilled its intent in its existing kind.โ
End users will nevertheless be ready to accessibility Lndhub as a computer software and self-hosted solution, in a position to connect to their personal LndHub from BlueWallet or other software that supports the LndHub API specification.
The article concludes with an optimistic acquire, expressing that โThis may perhaps seem like negative information, but this basically usually means BlueWallet heading forward will only guidance self-custody solutions. This is good for bitcoin and BlueWallet buyers.โย
