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


There are acorns forming on the trees this time of year.  It is said “there will be signs.”


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.


You are right! You know how easy I get distracted by shiny new projects :>


What is NWC?


Nostr Wallet Connect for recurring payment.


UI 🤌
cc:  nostr:npub1mmfakwg4s36235wlav6qpe03cgr038gujn2hnsvwk2ne49gzqslqc6xvtp


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


nostr:npub1mhcr4j594hsrnen594d7700n2t03n8gdx83zhxzculk6sh9nhwlq7uc226 do you need any help with payment requests? I think your PR is a good start.


I think we are already on a good track. Getting more feedback would be great though!


I'll look through it again this week!


This looks interesting.


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


what's the best source to get a mint running with your lightning node?


github.com/cashubtc/nutshell 🤙


Up-to-date version: https://zpay.live