Join me to test out #SilentPayment, #BIP352 style, now.

In production, like a real highly regarded degen, of course 😂.

My silent bitcoin address is:

sp1qq0j25djd4fcvudn6t65fs5asm652kgyyg7y3u2pxm794wud7m7tdvq737jmjxcwuqr8msn30hl63dermchlceakjr8wrnnl2v9xqd7c6xggux88d

Where to try this out you ask?

Like nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg it works in the browser as a PWA.

This is the url: https://app.silentium.dev

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Discussion

So this is a new format of on-chain bitcoin addresses? What makes it “silent” or like can you say more about this? The PWA is nice and sleek i must say. But would love some more info. The “about” section wasn’t super helpful 😅

It’s good for privacy to use a new address every time that you send money to someone.

The receiver should give you a new address each time. Or the wallet software should generate a new address for you each time (like some wallets do by default nowadays).

But what if you have a static website and can’t update your wallet address? Or what if we want convenience like on Lightning with static LNURL addresses that can be reused ?

This BIP352 makes this possible. The way I understand it (I didn’t write the code) is like this: The address you see locks funds on chain. Every time someone sees that a deposit was made to his address he can redeem to a new address. This increases privacy.