Nostr Web Client

Nostr client devs, what's the status of zaps?

I noticed that I can't be zapped which is due to my LN node not talking nostr yet but some clients don't even allow tips while others allow tips pretending they were zaps. And then there is note1gmlru8n03uvhvf87zrs5me0an8qpdufs77hg6u8ww3uee7s5nklqf552mm who claims somebody zapped him even without any LN setup which makes me suspect there's clients out there that let you zap all the accounts, potentially custodying the sats until the recipient reclaims them?

Should clients allow tipping if zapping is not possible? I think they should but they should warn the user that the tip will not be shown or attributed.

KoalaSat 2y ago

That's only possible if the clients doesn't care and validate the service public key. Maybe what you are seeing a workaround implementation where the validation of the zap is skipped.

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Leo Wandersleb 2y ago

Maybe somebody should spam fake zaps so those missing checks become unacceptable.

KoalaSat 2y ago

Good example where fighting fire with fire actually works

Leo Wandersleb 2y ago

I guess some people would consider it unethical, especially if it was a considerable amount of zap spam but with some few well placed zaps - 30 million Bitcoin for fiatjaf etc. you could make a point, get heard and not disrupt the network.

KoalaSat 2y ago

Unethical sending fake zaps? I believe it's a really good exercise. What can be broken, should be broken.