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zap-tunnel: A tool for non-custodial Lightning Addresses github.com/benthecarman/zap-tunnel

2435 sats \ 10 comments \ @nout 27 Mar 2023 bitcoin

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330 sats \ 0 replies \ @xanny 27 Mar 2023

Here's a similar solution that only requires you own a domain name, no server required. A little trust is required as it routes the payments for you, but it's run by a trusted party (fiatjaf).

https://bridgeaddr.fiatjaf.com/

Can also be self-hosted:

https://github.com/fiatjaf/bridgeaddr

2 sats \ 5 replies \ @glix 27 Mar 2023

I find the words "custodial" and "non-custodial" non-intuitive. I always find myself performing mental gymnastics to understand what is being point towards. "Self-hosted lightning addresses" is quicker to understand than "Non-custodial lightning addresses" imo

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dtonon 27 Mar 2023

I agree. Then there is a cognitive/psychological factor: to express a positive result we use a negative input, not the best for the mind, which usually subliminally tends to ignore the negatives and fixate on the main word.

+1 for "self hosted"

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @benthecarman fwd 27 Mar 2023

It gets confusing though, technically for this project the lighting address is hosted by someone else but the payments go to your wallet.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @xanny 27 Mar 2023

It's hosted by someone else on the default instance but the code is open source so can be self-hosted.

If that is the intention of the project however, the readme file should be updated with instructions on how to do this.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman fwd 27 Mar 2023

Sure it can be self hosted but that ruins the point of it. The point is so people can have a lightning address without having to run a webserver. If you are going to self host this, may as just self host a real lightning address.

Yeah I need to actually finish the project and make a proper guide lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @isaacfain 27 Mar 2023

Agree with you, but it's because these terms are inherited from legal and financial definitions. The public description needs to be clear to regulators to ward them off for a while longer.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @duvel 27 Mar 2023

This sounds great! How can you use this?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @03df1cd585 27 Mar 2023

https://zaptunnel.com/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @PlebeiusG 27 Mar 2023

I think I heard about this awhile back and was like "whaaaaaaat how is this possible?"

I want to learn more!