Tried minibits for about 3 weeks... Some thoughts
- i love the interface
- i like the mint management
- I'll keep it for ecash payments
- it is too unreliable for zaps. If zapping was over ecash I think it would be great but since it is ecash to lightning (guessing) I'm seeing about 25% failure and I cant debug why it fails
Going Alby hub next for zapping but minibits will be my ecash spot
Yep I've been testing other features (lightning address, ecash commits...) and opened 2 tickets so far. I don't worry much about zaps because failure could be the mints lightning node channels aren't well connected. That can happen with any lightning node or LSP. Today I had a zap fail from breez to an alby node address. Totally unexpected but it happens. Had to use the node I run on voltage to do the zap.
But yeah I like the app. Really want it to be useful for normies.
Agreed, lots of use cases beyond zapping and it's perfect for those ... I just also need a good zapper 😅
I believe future will be ecash zaps. Too much complexity with lightning for such small amounts, kinda like pushing micropayments over the SWIFT network. Zaps are now basically subsidized by lightning node operators.
However still working to improve the reliability of what we have despite the quite extreme complexity.
Nwc zaps on minibits combine lightning, mint, wallet with on device held ecash, nostr relays and firebase data push messages to wake up the wallet on incoming nwc command.
It's a beast but when it works, experience is so goood.
that makes sense, I figured it was from making multiple hops
the experience is awesome and you should be proud
