Whats the rationale for a lightning invoice not having an expiration of an hour or less?

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Sometimes people aren't available right away. If you're in person, sure but if you're DMing it to someone, they may not be able to "answer the test" right as way.

I feel like an hour is excessive, and 2 minutes is too short. 24 hours is rediculous

šŸ˜‚ Couldn’t make QR code Bitkinis if they expired! šŸ§”šŸ‘™

make em QR codes of LNURL for lightning identity instead

That is actually how we do it now, but it’s not how we started. 🧔

It’s handy for things like ā€œHODL invoicesā€ like Robosats uses (to lock up funds for a trade). Other than that, I can’t think of another use…