Replying to Avatar Anthony Accioly

The main problem is that a lot of Lightning, ecash, etc. wallets allow you to associate an nsec to unlock the wallet. Not many people pasting their nsecs into random vibecoded apps are security-conscious enough to use a separate Nostr key, so if one of those vibecoded apps leaks nsecs, you can pretty much scan the respective lud16 for half a dozen popular wallet domains and, more likely than not, hit the BTC jackpot.
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Cykros 2w ago 💬 2

Oh yea, if you're raw dogging your nsec around like that, good luck.

The more I've looked at NWC the more I think I'm just going to keep paying the invoices manually with my existing lightning wallet. It was annoying when I was using speed wallet but now that I can see who zaps me using Zeus I'm pretty content with the flow as is. A little friction with the flow of money is often a good thing.

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ZEUS 2w ago 💬 1

You can send zaps out with ZEUS with NWC in our next release. No need to reveal your nsec to us.

Receiving remains the same.

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Rich Nost 2w ago 💬 1

What are the trust tradeoffs when choosing a nostr relay for NWC? What information about my node am I giving up to relay operators or assoiating with my npub?

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ZEUS 2w ago

Only what you broadcast publicly. You use a new key pair for each NWC connection..

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Cykros 2w ago

I did hear that and will be taking a look, but not actually sure it's something I'll be using regularly. I sort of like a bit of friction in sending money -- call me old fashioned.

But I do appreciate y'all giving us options :-).