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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @031ef7d322 5 Aug
I was about to blindly upvote because L402 is great, but I decided to visit the site first…
Also there’s a $20 minimum (can be applied to multiple payments), so this is kinda the opposite of gating content by LN micropayments. Glad to be corrected though!
Edit: on re-visiting I see this is by Fewsats, and I know Jordie is a good actor… hopefully there’s more to this
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @031ef7d322 6 Aug
I suppose the point is to enable L402 solutions for the masses, so more providers are incentivized to implement it. That’s fair, and this is the first fiat L402 solution I recall ever seeing, so I threw a few sats here to help this gain visibility after all.
Would love to see this open sourced, and to see various implementation tweaks (like a smaller initial buy-in) out in the wild.
Keep up the good work, and apologies for misspelling your name
Edit: btw @Rsync25 you should consider donating these zaps to @fewsats
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats 6 Aug
@031ef7d322 you nailed it!
That's exactly why we built this service. We're still figuring out what the "ultimate L402" experience looks like, but we're certain it involves making integration dead simple for both consumers and providers. And yeah, opening up access to as many people as possible to build and use it is a big part of our vision.
As for @Rsync25, hey, he beat us to posting about our own product on Stacker News! That's pretty cool, and in our book, he has totally earned those sats. :)
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats 6 Aug
Hey there, it appears that someone beat us at posting our latest product release.
We created HUB because we saw a need for a simpler way to handle L402 credentials. For hardcore users (privacy + flexibility), we think Pillbox is a better option but we understand that not everyone wants to dive that deep into credential management.
We're aiming for that "stripe-like" simplicity for L402 clients. The goal is to make it easier for folks to integrate L402-protected services without getting bogged down in the technical details of Lightning payments and preimages.
Right now, it only works on "*.fewsats.com" endpoints (we are not a wallet!), but we're excited about the possibility of opening this up to third-party providers.
We're still a small team, and we're genuinely stoked about pushing the boundaries of what's possible with L402. If anyone has questions or wants to chat more about HUB or Pillbox, feel free to reach out.
We're always happy to geek out about this stuff!
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