1141 sats \ 2 replies \ @super_testnet 22 Jul 2023 \ on: How to prove that a LN invoice was paid when using Wallet of Satoshi? bitcoin
If they only want the payment hash, you can get that from the original invoice you paid
Copy the invoice you paid from the "History" section of Wallet of Satoshi and paste it into lightningdecoder.com
The payment hash is one of the fields it displays
A payment hash is typically used by a service provider to look up an invoice in their database and view its status (paid or unpaid), which is why they might want it
But there is another piece of data called a "preimage" or sometimes a "prehash," and in typical lightning parlance, possession of the preimage is what constitutes your proof of payment (it's essentially a receipt)
It doesn't sound like they want that -- they probably just want to look up the status of the invoice you paid, which is what you can use the payment hash for -- but if they do need the preimage, I don't think Wallet of Satoshi shows you that (which is a bit stupid, because it's an important piece of data, but whatever -- I guess they don't think it's important)
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It doesn't sound like they want that -- they probably just want to look up the status of the invoice you paid
You might be right. I can't tell for sure.
In this post I had written "Payment hash", but in looking back at the message I received from their support the term they used was the "Transaction Hash", and not the "Preimage". So you are probably correct -- they were likely looking for the (publicly available) "Payment Hash". I had previously already shared the LN Invoice with them, so I was assuming they needed something else and then assumed they wanted me to give them the Preimage (proving I had paid it).
And thanks for the reminder about LightingDecoder.com, I had forgotten about that so even if I did need the Payment Hash, I doubt I would have known how to obtain that, if I used only WoS, for instance.
Decode Lightning Network Requests - BOLT11, LNURL, and Lightning Address
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I also now see:
bolt11 invoice interactive explorer
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https://www.bolt11.org
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