594 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 22 Oct \ on: The Bitcoin LN Protocol BOLT12 - Current status and next steps bitcoin
For me personally BOLT12 doesn't solve any "urgent" problem in LN or a feature that I need.
I was using LN from its infancy with all kind of nodes, wallets, suites etc and tested almost all LN wallets possible or non-released.
I really think we should focus more on fixing REAL urgent problems in Bitcoin and especially in LN before adding unnecessary new features like BOLT12. At this stage BOLT12 is just a fancy marketing campaign and I don't know why is so pushed everywhere, because is NOT really need it.
Blinded paths (recently added to LND) are even more powerful than BOLT12.
If I am a public merchant, I already use LNURL that works just fine. My node is already public so what's the point in hiding it?
What am I doing with the sats after I receive them, that is another story and I explain it in this guide.
But being a public receiver is pointless to hide behind a meaningless BOLT12.
For being a drug dealer, doing private trades, that's another story and they already have endless ways to do it, with disposable PRIVATE nodes.
As a normal payer, I don't really need to use BOLT12. For example, I am paying my beers to a bar. They have their own node towards I open a channel. So what's the point in hiding his node when I already know him and I want to use that p2p channel to pay for my beers? Is pointless. Even a LNURL/LN Address is more suitable for this case and not complicate things more.
So no, for me BOLT12 is useless in this moment.
And btw, you mentioned Zeus as wallet. WRONG.
- Zeus is not a simple wallet. Is a node management app for remote nodes (CLN, LND) and embedded nodes (LND).
- To use Zeus with BOLT12 you MUST run a remote CLN node. Thing that many noobs do not know (or are misinformed by posts like these) and just start Zeus in embedded node mode.