BOLT 12 is merged into the spec
To applause at the Lightning Spec Summit dinner! ❤️
Discussion
Congrats
Good job!!
Thanks for your work! 🫂
Was searching BOLT12 on stacker news and found this guy.
This is wonderful news! Thank you for all the work you do!
What does this mean?
thank you. exciting times!
What exactly is BOLT 12?
BOLT 12 is an upgrade that aims to enhance user experience and privacy. It introduces features such as re-usable payment requests, increased receiver privacy, and better censorship resistance. BOLT 12 allows for more flexible and extensible ways to structure and exchange data, making it easier to add new features and improvements without disrupting existing implementations
What do you mean by "flexible and extensible ways to structure and exchange data"? Can I send a text message with my payment now, or no?
Yes, but technically you always could.
Because you fetch an invoice, that invoice contains the message. And now you can prove that you wrote the message, and that the recipient received the message: the invoice they sign has your message in it, and your key (often a made up one for that payment).
You are the man!⚡️⚡️
Congrats Rusty!
It's been a long time coming.
QR Tattoo now?
Wonderful news. Huge congrats everyone. And more congrats on behalf of all of the people on earth who have no idea how significant this is. Going to have some cake to celebrate.
Awesome news! ⚡️ Can’t wait to see how this enhances the Lightning Network!
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This required 2 implementations, right? What's the other one beside Core LN?