Lol, ok.
So I should just blindly accept the custodial, transparent status quo and cheer people on for changing database entires in WoS and never even touching LN or Bitcoin?
Zaps can easily be private, the framework is already there. We can do private Zaps which encrypt all information to the recipients pubkey, hiding comment/sender from the broader network, or we can do anon Zaps which are essentially the same as tips and reveal no information on the sender even to the recipient.
There's no need to reveal to the world our entire financial data to like a post.
Pressure Lightning Labs to actually get their ass in gear and focus on BOLT 12 instead of NFTs.
One of them has generational impact on LN/Bitcoin usage, the other are stupid monkey pictures over LN.
Of course we need that, so we need more pressure on projects like LND to do the right thing and prioritize BOLT 12 which *greatly* simplifies a non-custodial setup that would work with Zaps.
In the meantime while I understand people using WoS etc., I think it sets a very bad precedent.
Sadly I don't have the technical acument nor time to do the actual dev work, so I'm doing what I can and continuing to raise awareness and push users to put pressure on devs and projects.
I've contributed where I can to docs and educational resources in the meantime. Trust me, if I could contribute the necessary code it would have been done long ago.
Ran some analytics on zaps on nostr, it's quite terrible...
~95% of users have their lightning address set to a custodial wallet
~91% of all zaps by volume have gone to a custodial wallet
#[0] is the clear winner of 50% of users and 67.5% of volume
Image
One of the saddest things I could have read today. 4 key takeaways:
1. This is what happens when we don't properly prioritize solving LN's issues w/ non-custodial usage or prioritize self-sovereign setups, and when we normalize "it's just for small amounts bro"
2. The fact that BOLT 12 hasn't been widely adopted after more than 2 years (or even *implemented* in LND?!?) is depressing. Zaps have to drive BOLT 12 adoption ASAP.
3. Good luck getting all of these non-technical WoS users to migrate to self-sovereign setups now that they've tasted the convenience of trusting someone else entirely, aka PayPal 2.0. Even when we improve self-sovereign setups it will be much harder now to build momentum
4. The fact that #[1] can even do this analysis shows the serious privacy issues with Zaps - let's make private/anon Zaps the default in *all* clients, please
More on BOLT 12 if you're new to the concept:
#[0]
Only a savage leaves tabs open for no reason 🤔
Was a bit of a struggle for me, but after some time I was able to get every one of my friends and family on Signal!
It is possible, but certainly not always easy.
👀
Not just a hardware company 😎
#[0]
Don't think that fits anywhere in this type of guide?
This is about basic digital privacy, not really merchants etc.
I've overhauled and updated my "Privacy First Steps" guide, including adding a section on email aliasing services ✍️
https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/privacy-first-steps/
If you haven't read through it before, this post is how I would approach the journey towards personal privacy (even down to the order!) if I could do it all over again. I think this is one of my most actionable and helpful pieces of content, so I'm glad to be able to share it with Nostr for the first time!
Would love to hear any feedback you all have, or if you'd do things differently!
Host is having issues, sadly, working on getting the site back up ASAP...
I've overhauled and updated my "Privacy First Steps" guide, including adding a section on email aliasing services ✍️
https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/privacy-first-steps/
If you haven't read through it before, this post is how I would approach the journey towards personal privacy (even down to the order!) if I could do it all over again. I think this is one of my most actionable and helpful pieces of content, so I'm glad to be able to share it with Nostr for the first time!
Would love to hear any feedback you all have, or if you'd do things differently!
😢
Been there recently and almost there again, and most important thing to remember is the rough times go by in a flash and it only gets better and better as they get older 🙂
18mo+ has been a fantastic season!
Since key management is so bad I'd hesitate to trust Nostr keys alone ATM.
GPG provides a useful additional layer that is generally much better secured and thus harder to compromise.
I do like NIP-05, though clients should make it *very* clear when an identity doesn't validate properly.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512
Just FYI, if you're paying attention (as you should!) to NIP-05 IDs you'll notice mine isn't verifying right now.
My server is being worked on and will be down for a few more hours, so expect to see it continue to fail until it's back up.
Signed this message with PGP for verification.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----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=vIdY
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
