Laeserin on Nostr: Why have we skipped leveraging Nostr itself, to facilitate private payments? ...
Why have we skipped leveraging Nostr itself, to facilitate private payments?
We have seen, that the alternative is usually e-cash. Almost everyone moved from custodial Lightning to custodial e-cash. The hurdle of running a server is too high.
Bitcoin address or Bolt12 >> e-cash
Anyone worried about privacy could simply connect the addresses to a new npub, instead of the one they usually use. Nostr offers a layer of obfuscation _on top of_ the addresses.
Published at
2025-02-26 07:36:56Event JSON
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