929 sats \ 9 replies \ @justin_shocknet 27 Feb \ on: Have you connected an external wallet on SN? meta
I still insist that these patterns are all backwards
A user concerned with consolidating or budgeting across accounts should do that from their wallet, that gives them a command center with a full view for larger directives than would be in scope for each individual app. It also obviates the online-ness issues.
Persistent LNurl-Withdrawal links is all SN needs for this, right now demo's break after they expire:
https://m.stacker.news/17777
Persistent withdraw links understandably need a UX tweak on the SN UI so they aren't accidentally sniped, but a simple warning and reveal click should do it.
We don't want to be a wallet; we don't want to be a custodian (in the long run).
We think you should connect your wallet to SN, not SN to your wallet.
So I think what you have in mind with persistent LNURL-withdrawal links is what actually would push us backwards: being more like a wallet or "source" as it seems to be called in Shockwallet.
Also, I don't see how persistent LNURL-withdrawal links have to be required for what you're showing. Can't you create withdrawals on the fly? If you simply need better API access for that, let us know.
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Sad, really sad that you still didn't get what really is Shock Wallet...
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What you've done though is exactly the opposite of you're stated objective.... you've now turned SN into a programmable wallet. The aligned pattern would be instead yielding to rules controlled by an independent wallet like ShockWallet.
Custodian labels is theater in this context tbf, it's a trusted budget and invoice transport no matter what you want to project it as- to regulators or otherwise. Getting trapped into narrative corners like that is no way to create better solutions.
The only standard way to withdraw on the fly afaik is a withdrawal link, which expires and therefore breaks after it's been connected. That's already standard you support that doesn't require all the overhead you just implemented to remain a trusted and centralized service