Nostr Web Client

Custodial wallets will likely never offer a sensible KYC-free Zap solution. I would disable Zaps in your case until a suitable Nostr client adds BOLT12 Zap address support and you can directly receive Zap payments in a non custodial mobile LN wallet like Phoenix Wallet.

Cases like yours arguably show exactly why it never made much sense to ship custodial Zaps in the first place and hopefully provide some motivation to add BOLT12 support in Nostr clients rather sooner than later.

saunter 1y ago

Alby Hub he's running is self-custodial

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Gregor 1y ago

I understood Alby as only a custodial service, my mistake, I apologize. Still BOLT12 seems like the much simpler solution, or do I miss something here?

I fail to understand what prevents clients from simply giving users free choice over the Zap address type they enter.

saunter 1y ago

BOLT12 is quite complicated to implement and most wallets do not support them so you wouldn't be able to receive sats with it

It's on the roadmap, just not yet

Gregor 1y ago

Understood, but on the Nostr level it just means relaying a slightly different address string, right? Seems simple, why do Nostr clients care about the Zap address format?

saunter 1y ago

It's a question for Nostr clients I guess. But I suppose they do not offer it yet because most users would not receive zaps at all then

Gregor 1y ago

Something I would see as the choice and responsibility of the user rather than the client. But thanks for clarifying.