Correct they are different protocols. Please comprehend what I wrote though.
Discussion
As much as you want to, most people are just having fun posting on NOSTR, not transacting, and thatβs the way it should be, for now. NOSTR is barely 1 year old so lower your time preference, be cool π
Heβs being cool. His thoughts are spot on.
Taking emotions out of it, Zapping is like Holdemβ poker, money is being shuffled around but nothing new is being created. That alone is not going to lead to more adoptions. It will take some time for people to feel comfortable and start paying for stuff on Nostr.
A Zap is just another event type my dude. It's just a different type of post.
So far as NOSTR is concerned, a zap is just an event type β¦ representing a chain of events entirely outside of NOSTR.
This is, more or less, just like saying that Bitcoin payments (including those made over the Lightningβ‘οΈNetwork) are just packets being routed over the Internet.
Technically correct from one perspective, and when constraining the scope pf consideration to accommodate that "just") but actually obscuring rather than explaining salient aspects of the broader picture.
Yes. NOSTR is independent of βΏ and LN. Zaps are just an optional feature and application of NOSTR protocols and some clients.
All of that said, NOSTR's LN support would be far better if BOLT12 Offers support were more widely available in wallets AND if NOSTR clients integrated it for zaps as well as other features.
I should be able to "subscribe" to any BOLT12/zaps enabled user (account, entity) by clicking on an offer in their profile.
This has been supported in Sphinx Chat for as long as I've used it.