Oddbean new post about login | logout Yesterday, some users were able to test an early version of my lightning paywall service. I received some great feedback, already implemented a few of the recommendations, working on NWC and shorter URLs. You can also give it a try. If possible, please share your feedback. https://zapit-unlock.vercel.app/ https://i.imgur.com/oetjtAn.jpeg
Let us pay in ecash. Paywall receives ecash, burns it and receives on LN. Just two simple API calls (see NUT-05) or you use cashu-ts and it's almost trivial :)
Just an hour ago, I was brainstorming Cashu integration for both paywalls and physical items. Looking for something frictionless for users and straightforward.
It's could be as straightforward as "paste token here" in the beginning. Eventually (I hope soon), we will have NWC for ecash operations and ecash payment requests so that it's more convenient to pay ( nostr:nprofile1qqsdmup6e2z6mcpeue6z6kl08he49hcen5xnrc3tnpvw0mdgtjemh0spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuq36amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9emkjun9v3hx2apwdfcqzynhwden5te0danxvcmgv95kutnsw43qvqle0h is the man here).
Yeah, let’s do it! Let’s get a workgroup together and figure out how to spec this. I would probably write a NUT that extends the NIP-47 commands. What do you think? I actually started working on a NWC Cashu “Server” a couple of weeks ago, so I am happy to put this into writing
An nwc extension is trivial, let's get the harder things done first :)
When we have working payment requests, we can use that in NWC, we don't need to reinvent much
Once cashu.me can do payReq, we can just throw one at it via NWC. It would be super smooth.
Oh no, I'm getting too bullish again
NWC for cashu would be 🔥
cashu.me only does NWC for Lightning so far. NWC for Cashu will blow people's minds because it's going to be too fast and smooth
@Egge do you need any help with payment requests? I think your PR is a good start.
what's the best source to get a mint running with your lightning node?
github.com/cashubtc/nutshell 🤙
You are right! You know how easy I get distracted by shiny new projects :>
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Two slight issues with this. First, you have to trust the mint. Second, calle wants the mints to charge for every transaction. So, if that happens, you will get a more complex workflow for an API. It would be great if we had nostr native ecash, using npubs and schnorr sigs. I can see that working well with pay walls. But, good to try different things, loving the innovation here.
I can see this taking off. There's many services on the internet that charge for paywalls, and a big audience and appetite for it. Where I live we had a service, for native language media, millions used, that even linked to bank accounts. It was legal and very popular (millions of users) for years. Unfort it got shut down and people want something to replace it. Something more distributed with lightning could be way better.
This is an early development version, so please use it with caution and with small amounts. https://zpay.live https://i.imgur.com/iM7UtWq.jpeg nostr:nevent1qqsvs64lsa0kdcc4t04v4e79kakuv5cu6eyh0x6tm3x82q6um4s8suspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsygxx7urh795e65x0j25k22l7hlavqh7xss4eacu3pzwetxu26h2gl5psgqqqqqqsfheg68
This looks interesting.
Up-to-date version: https://zpay.live
