Nostr Web Client

Added bolt12 to my profile again, but I never liked address re-use. I want to purple pill everyone who posts a bitcoin address on a website.🤣

Laeserin 10mo ago

We have seen, that the alternative is usually e-cash. Almost everyone moved from custodial Lightning to custodial e-cash. The hurdle of running a server is too high.

Bitcoin address or Bolt12 >> e-cash

Anyone worried about privacy could simply connect the addresses to a new npub, instead of the one they usually use. Nostr offers a layer of obfuscation _on top of_ the addresses.

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Anti Spasti 10mo ago

What did I miss? 🤨

So far I could never find anyone to use or accept ‚ecash‘.

I already thought the whole thing is just an insider joke.

‚Almost everyone moved from custodial Lightning to custodial e-cash.‘

Where? Who? When?

TheGrinder 10mo ago

I still use sats. Is that bad?

Self custody is not wrong—not to disparage e-cash; it has its place.

Laeserin 10mo ago

The idea is that we put Nostr in the place of the e-cash.

Laeserin 10mo ago

Self-custody degeneracy on full display.

And this used to be a nice place.

Marc Kat 10mo ago

Good points, especially with low fees. I just tried silent link. I've never used it before. I'll try it out this weekend. Thanks.🤙

Marc Kat 10mo ago

How do you feel about ecash? Rug-pull risk to great?

Laeserin 10mo ago

I think it's a good token/voucher/coupon system, but not a replacement for Lightning.

I think new users who start with e-cash will never move on to Lightning, tho.

Marc Kat 10mo ago

True.