If this becomes the preferred way for people to use nostr, then the nostr client becomes a defacto custodial wallet, even though they may not be focusing on that. It's a change from a "push" based payment to a "pull" based one. The responsibility for security of customer funds now rests on the nostr client. How much: All of it? None of it? Some of it? Do they even want that? If an exploit is found, or bug introduced - hackers will very quickly exploit it to its maximum (one of the best things about lightning! but also one of the most challenging). Even with limits set, that can be a lot of money, and a lot of damage to everybody involved.

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For example: Suppose nostr is wildly successful. There are 100 million WoS users on nostr, and WoS has implemented a limit of 50K sats for NWC zaps by nostr clients per customer. If one morning we all wake up and there is 50,000 sats missing from 100 million accounts... image