Connecting Minibits to Stacker.News via NWC
454 sats \ 5 comments \ @bitcoin_pup 20 Oct bitcoin
So, I just spent about half an hour attempting to connect my Minibits ecash wallet to Stacker.News using NWC. As I found a way to make it work, I figured I'd make a post so hopefully in the future someone can save a little time.
When you create a NWC string in Minibits, it doesn't differentiate between connections for sending payments, and connections for receiving them. I attempted to just paste the same connection string in both fields with no luck, as well as attempting to generate a new connection string for use in the "receive" field. This also was unsuccessful.
The Workaround:
The solution I found is to just paste the connection string from Minibits in the "for sending" field and save. Once this is done, go back to the wallet connection selection page, and select lightning address for receiving payments. Enter your @minibits.cash address into the field and save.
This worked for me, I am now able to send and receive zaps to my Minibits wallet from Stacker.News.
Things could change in the future, if they do I will try my best to report back on any new info I have regarding this.
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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Oct
Very practical!!
TLDR: if you have an lnurl, just provide that for receiving 💪
I still need to attach a Bitcoin wallet! 😅
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @bitcoin_pup OP 20 Oct
That's a good suggestion, personally I prefer ln addresses to LNURL. Lots of places have depreciated LNURL(w) now.
I really like using Minibits, as I just think it's awesome to zap from an ecash balance. Privacy aside, its just awesome that it's possible.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Oct
Oh no. What is the difference between an ln address and LNURL? 😅
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @bitcoin_pup OP 20 Oct
I believe lightning addresses are built on LNURL, but LNURL as I was used to working with it a few years back were payment codes of the form:
"LNURLW<random other characters>"
Lightning addresses represented a more user friendly version that took the form of email addresses and were connected to a domain that processed the payments.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Oct
Ok yes lightning address is what I meant then!
Love it! Just hard to be self-custodial cuz I need someone to run a web server for me!
But that’s what primal or fountain or Stacker News are for
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