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jb55 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Private zaps are!
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dannygladiolas | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 How do private zaps work?
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jb55 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 They are kind of like giftwraps before giftwraps became a thing. When you zap someone you encrypt the zap request note to the person you are zapping. Only the person who receives the zap can see who sent it. Not even the lightning node / service can see who sent it. It’s all end to end encrypted.
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Don't ₿elieve the Hype 🦊 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And they work at least on Damus and Amethyst 🤙
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dannygladiolas | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Interesting thanks 👍
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LeoWandersleb | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 But the recipient still is publicly marked as having received BTC, right? It's just not necessary to zap for allowance and many other types of payment.

And a completely private zap would maybe be good as a payment receipt but then it wouldn't be a zap, would it?
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jb55 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 if you don’t want to publicly receive zaps you would just disable allowsNostr on your lnurl endpoint. This is a hint that clients use to make sure it sends regular lightning payments instead of a zap.