This is the way

Not convinced Silent Payments solve anything. Generating new addresses from an xpub is not hard Where people dox their stack is in consolidation, which they'll still do with silent payments if they weren't sophisticated enough to generate new addresses in the first place. Privacy is and will always be a practice, not a tool, product or protocol. This rings true yet again: "privacy" apps spread through virtue signaling, not substance

nostr wouldn't exist, nevermind have the traction it does, if not for lightning

ELI5 / TLDR: CLINK gives you a permanent Lightning payment code (noffer1...) that works like a Bitcoin address, but smarter. Old way (LNURL, Lightning Addresses): Requires a web server, domain, SSL, public IP — very complicated setup. CLINK way: Everything happens over normal Nostr DMs. Just share one static string. Wallets and websites use that to fetch invoices. It also sends a payment receipt back so the website can react (success animation, unlock content, etc.) and you can attach extra data (SKU, order info, etc.). Try it by pasting this: noffer1qvqsyqjqvcurjdm9x5uxydrzvcer2wrp8q6x2ef58pnryv3c893ngen98qerwvmrxuunqde5vgcnvc35vg6nydpnxfjrgetzv4snwd3exsungwgprfmhxue69uhhxarjvee8jtnndphkx6ewdejhgam0wf4sqgrka4zlqr820wk9nkxsklfqfpy02vva0wtvzs8lkm7t424s5y75fc4vx4hj ... into

Pay with Lightning via Shockwallet - Fast & Easy Bitcoin Payments

Send Bitcoin instantly using the Lightning Network. Scan the QR code or tap to pay with your favorite Lightning wallet.

As a receiver, you can include that string in a web link:

Pay with Lightning via Shockwallet - Fast & Easy Bitcoin Payments

Send Bitcoin instantly using the Lightning Network. Scan the QR code or tap to pay with your favorite Lightning wallet.

That's a fully static web site, and you'll get a success animation once paying the invoice. The node you're paying doesn't need any fancy networking setup. Bolt12 achieves some of this static payment code stuff through Tor-like onion messages, which are therefore slow and unreliable. It's also not web friendly, making its utility limited. Some might even say that it's retarded.

Just think about all the swaps running through a single Lightning node, fake L2's are a coordinated surveillance apparatus. All the virtue signaling larps in Bitcoin were easily one-shotted by trust and centralization as soon as a fake Bitcoin company re-marketed it as convenient. Sad!

Pro tip: Ban cloudflare workers from your relays

Curating a suggested follow list for new users, but it's hard once you filter out anyone legitimizing Spark or ECash

Most Nostr clients treat the network like a shared toilet. BXRD treats it like a shared brain.

Testing scheduled posts, via Bxrd.

Testing geohashes