240 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 25 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: I'm founder of Shocknet, creators of Lightning.Video and ShockWallet ... AMA bitcoin
ShockWallet and Pub are both clients, and yes the goal is that other apps will be able to use the library that powers both
Coming from an architecture background I think Bolt12 is badly designed and won't work at any meaningful scale, particularly if the network is to remain decentralized
Pub competes with Bolt12 in being an overlay network that can solve the same problems bolt12 sells itself on, and more
Web architecture that nostr is based on can scale better than onion messages, and for lightning to be the native money of the internet we need to use web-tech to get it into more apps
Interesting that this release comes on the heels of WOS being 'banned' in the US - does using Nostr potentially sidestep any of the type of problems WOS is having ?
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We actually scrambled to get it out yesterday, probably would have hardened another couple weeks otherwise.
With nostr solving the networking problem, it should be much easier for "Uncle Jim" custodians to set up and onboard people in their circles
It's the decentralization that sidesteps the government problem, as the government can't possibly go after millions of small family-level "custodians" as they would an at-scale company
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