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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 4h \ on: SN release: new micropayment engine meta
Using bitcoin The Right Way is hard and a lot of what we're doing is on a weird little bleeding edge no one yet cares about. We've been having to invent stuff and learn the hard way as we go.
It's a testament to you and the SN devs and contributors that this thing works well enough that most of us have no clue how close to the bleeding edge of Bitcoin usage our daily adventures on SN are.
It's pretty darn cool!
Also: I did not realize/didn't think to connect the potential for delay in settlement on lightning with how it makes things hard to do on SN. This bit made my eyes water:
Most of the things we pay for on SN have side effects conditional on SN receiving money (potentially two weeks in the future), e.g. a zap ranks an item higher relative to other items, the UI of every stacker needs to reflect the new amount, money needs to be sent to the territory founder, money needs to be sent to the OP (and forwards), excess estimated routing fees need to be refunded, push notifications need to be sent, the rewards pool needs to be populated, etc.
And finally:
No Trust November
Yeeeee-haw!
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