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It took me a while, but I found out how to see who sent me #sats in a #nostr post. It made me think: aren't we doxxing each other when we send sats in a post? Isn't it better to just like the post and send sats directly to the address listed on the person's profile?

It's an extra annoying step, but it definitely adds one layer of #privacy.

Am I too paranoid or?

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Matt 1y ago

This only matters if you want to be anon. At which point you'd just use Phoenix or something anon like that. Seems like a non issue, at least in #Amethyst. I don't know how all clients work. I don't care if you see that I zapped you because you can already see me on Nostr anyway. If I cared, I'd have an anon npub and zap with an anon wallet.

Aren't the zaps going to the same address listed on your profile? I don't see how doing it there would prevent you from seeing who sent the sats. We aren't doxxing each other by sharing information that we already know about each other. Unless I'm misunderstanding.

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Capybara 1y ago

I might have used the term doxxing the wrong way. Sure, it's easy to see that I'm Marcos, this profile points to my LinkedIn, etc. But when I send you some sats using the #lightning here in nostr, then it stays on your profile who has sent you money.

10 years from now, Matt makes some wrong choices in life, and then the mafia says that Marcos is financing a criminal activity. Yeah, I know it's far-fetched, we all live in reasonable jurisdictions 😉

Matt 1y ago

I see. I didn't realize you meant that your issue is with other people seeing it. I would say that this problem can't be solved if you're using your real identity to send me funds. That information is going to be somewhere.

Are you sure that this information is visible when using an external wallet? When I click zap, my Phoenix app opens and handles the transaction. As far as I know, #Amethyst is just sharing the destination with the Phoenix app. Maybe it is visible. I have no idea how to even check. I will zap you 64 sats and you can see.

Capybara 1y ago

TheKid showed me how to do it privately. You hold the lightning button and configure different amounts to be private/anonymous...

Matt 1y ago

I actually just noticed this in Amethyst, so I'll send another (56 sats) with the non-zap option. This may be the answer to your concern. This is how I assumed zaps were happening for me, but I think now I was wrong.

Matt 1y ago

It looks like you can make this the default behavior in Amethyst, which is pretty damn cool. Problem solved in my opinion. Thanks for bringing this up. It's a good point.