Stemstr needs to create invoices accept payments over lightning - our team has little knowledge of running nodes or dealing with liquidity channels. Anyone have a good out of the box solution that will allow us to get this part of Stemstr up and running quickly?
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just gonna throw this out there: maybe the skateboard version is something like opennode. And then from there you move to something less-managed like voltage (if you decide to go that far). In the early days I think you want to be laser-focused on building the right protocol and UX, and not be spending time on managing channels, etc
💯 on the not managing channels aspect of things. What makes you suggest opennode for our use case?
I don’t know a lot about your requirements, but I’m willing to bet that it’s like 70% UX, 15% nostr protocol bits, 10% music bits, and like 5% lightning. and I bet the lightning bits are:
- I need to programatically request payment
- I need to programatically see if my requested payment got paid
opennode gives you an API to generate an invoice, handles all the routing and liqudity details, and an API to see if things have been paid
The downside is its all custodial and centralized. But to get something off the ground (or for a centralized merchant), who cares? make it all decentralized and non-custodial once you get the core bits all working together
https://nodeless.io let me know if you have any questions, we do exactly this with an easy API
#[2] makes it super easy!
Andre! Y'all offer what we're looking for?! 🌌
If I understand correctly you’re looking for APIs to handle creating and paying invoices.
The ZBD API is the one-stop solution for all your Bitcoin Lightning needs. So yes, we cover that use case :)
Forget channel liquidity and node management, let us focus on that, as this is our expertise. You get to focus on providing the best user experience for your users.
Don't forget KYC ;)
We are a regulated and compliant fintech PSP in the US, allowing developers to process money globally at the speed of the internet. We have ID verification checks in place. We will be rolling out our Sandbox environment in the new few weeks to allow folks to get started testing and implementing before they go LIVE and have to verify.
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