What else is there?
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Monero, Bitcoin on chain, lite coin BCH etc.
Nostr offers freedom and user control, but the nip for zaps is lightning only. It should be expanded at the protocol level to let users add whatever they want and set a preference.
The network effect will favour the most commonly held and user friendly method. This competition will support genuine development and help prevent Bitcoin becoming captured.
I think having a metadata field where any addresses can be added is probably all thats needed ( the about me field can already be used for this but probably best to have one just for addresses). Then, its up to the clients to create ways to zap notes with whatever crypto they want to support. That is how a few clients have successfully integrated xmr zaps.
Yes, it's so easy I can't fathom why it hasn't been implemented. Instead we have competing clients just so people can zap in monero.
Thats mostly shitcoins. Please god no.
They are all shitcoins while Bitcoin is accessible to anyone. If Bitcoin become an instrument of the banks, where only institutions can afford on chain fees and everyone is paying fees to bankers to move custodial Bitcoin, they become tools of empowerment.
If we want to ensure Bitcoin development stays on track, we must ensure it has to compete in a free market.