A lot of larpers out there

I tried implementing the Strike API, but I'm not a legit business, so they denied my API keys. I hope they implement NWC, but I have a feeling the big players are not going to be interested in interop.

@jack mallers and @jack there is a ripe opportunity for major disruption in the music industry using bitcoin, nostr and rss. The music industry is dying because artists need bitcoin. Help us help them. We have put in the proof of work to get things moving but we need help on wallet compatibility. If even a single major player like strike or cashapp simply implements certain existing lightning rails we are running on, we could go a seriously long way in making music great again and help indie artists get paid what they deserve. Bitcoin can also fix culture along the way but we need everyone's help.

Anyone can create a Strike API key from the web app. You don’t need to be a business. I made a Strike NWC server using the API that you can self-host.

GitHub

GitHub - SamSamskies/strike-nwc-service: Nostr Wallet Connect service using Strike API

Nostr Wallet Connect service using Strike API. Contribute to SamSamskies/strike-nwc-service development by creating an account on GitHub.

I looked into that one, and it is a solution no doubt. Requires a lot of user interaction, and I was trying to minimize that. I was hoping I could use Strike OAuth Connect instead of API keys, but that requires a business to get the OAuth Connect API keys for my app.

Strike OAuth Connect | Strike API Documentation

Overview

@jack mallers can we get an exception for a dev thats building in the bitcoin/music space? Literally a pleb, not a corporation, doing the work that needs to be done.

DM us if you need a business to get keys.

NWC and keysend implementation are all we need from apps like Strike, CashApp, etc. Alby does it right but I hate that they are the only ones doing it right. Maybe someday Fountain will implement NWC 🤷‍♂️ Then at least we'll have 2 options. I highly doubt that these other apps will ever support the free, sovereign protocol that's built in to the lightning spec that requires no KYC, is difficult to track and censor. (keysend) Liberty has never been a priority for any of them. Yet from my reading it would appear that liberty was a major priority of Satoshi et al. My how things have changed 🙁

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I wish more apps would just show me an invoice by default

How would that pay for the splits in the feed?

You'd have to trust a third party to actually process the splits... doesnt sound like a bitcoiner solution

Just add more QRs

Actually that's what the Alby extension does in a sense.

It also sounds like a "money transmitter" situation and could get you in trouble with the powers that ought not be. Direct splits in the feed is the way. Payments paid by the listener directly to the artist's splits, wallet to wallet is truly what decentralized means. No 3rd parties needed, this can be done with your own node. It's permissionless and beautiful.