500 sats to top Bitcoin app idea, currently missing from LN. App needs to be relatively simple, i.e. achievable for single developer (me) in few months.
Many can relate to this
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Cool, if we come up with something good, maybe a few of us can start work on it
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Twillio paid via sats for usage!
We’re having a hard time setting up twillio for https://lightsats.com for sms authentication.
Their KYC is more rigorous than buying bitcoin from an exchange..
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this 👆
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do you mean some simple API to send and verify SMS auth codes? Can definitely build this in a few days.
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Yes simple API to send sms to authenticate the user via a magic link..
We’re building https://lightsats.com where bitcoiners can tip anyone without onboarding them, the user does their own onboarding and the easiest way for them to sign up would be via phone number..
This is our precoiner authentication screen
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DM'ed you on twitter, sms4sats.com already has this capability. will expose via API and launch it!
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Generally, I'd recommend figuring out what lightning's advantages are over tradfi and look for problems that can be addressed using those advantages.
e.g. What businesses exist already where people don't get paid, or the market is incompletely addressed, because
  1. the tx value is too low to justify high fee/friction tradfi
  2. the audience is global and can't use high fee/friction tradfi
Another framework: What product suffers severely from a lack of sybil resistance?
Another: What product would benefit from instant settlement?
You can also address internal bitcoin problems, sort of creating a shovel for people building such things.
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Also something that currently suffers from high chargeback rate (aka friendly fraud )
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Whatever it takes to make it easier for node runners to copy deezy.io earn feature. Had an idea to create a faucet for node runners, if all node runners have an earn thingamajig would be pretty crazy
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259 sats \ 1 reply \ @go 8 Nov 2022
Only thing I can think of is taken care of by bolt 12: recurring payments.
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oak node also kind of does this
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A stock photo site like unsplash or pexels where people can upload their photos, and set micro payments for people to download it, while offering blocked/paywalled for premium photos and photography requests, lets say I want a photo of a macbook with a cold card next to it, I can submit an order and someone does it for me.
Stock photo sites need a bit of disruption
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Im already one month into something similar. Hope to release before Christmas.
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Ooooh you just got me well excited, happy to give it a go when you're opening it up for testing
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Stable diffusion is eating stock photo sites lunch already
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I've developed over 25+ LN apps (kriptode.com) and still have so many ideas, take your pick, tip me when you're rich.
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Ultrasonik payments Add to lnbits payment plugins https://charliegerard.dev/blog/ultrasonic-payments/
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lnurl-w with captcha to deter automation - find a way, pow or something more abstract?
Bonus: LN app idea thread from voltage ceo: https://twitter.com/gkrizek/status/1567919285393047553
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You can take over meetupmarket.com if you want. I don't have time to finish it
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Honestly I just want single sign on. I use a bunch of different devices, but if I could just have my lightning wallet as the place I sign in that would be sweet.
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Hackers wouldnt share their real meaty ideas.
best to think own.
find a problem you or close family member faced.
will you work on it in long term if it sticks.
are you interested in the idea.
if you find something incredibly interesting and if it checks the above three then also can go for it.
example - most of us here find stacker news, mastodon incredibly interesting. and SN, mastodon solve problems, we can work long term on it so making SN for x , mastodon for x are validated. unless you have a better idea which will be better option as with own unique idea one can be first to go to market.
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always think B2C

dyor above is just learnings i shared.
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Bitcoin Browser which rewards you for seeing ads. Like Brave, but without their shitcoin.
Heard the ceo of satsback fantasizing about multi split payments on the bitcoin Rapid fire podcast. Would be cool to shotgun or funnel to 10 addresses. Browser rewards in sats would be cool, think slice is doing something like that. An easier wallet creator for non technical peeps, saw super test net demonstrating lnbits stuff.
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You’re sitting on the big idea satcat: leveraging the internet’s love of cat memes coupled with the power of low-friction lightning microtips. Purrington Post meets Stacker News.
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SN will eventually just add a cat sub ;)
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ok, my joke fell flat but I really would like to see a simple site that lets users directly reward mass-market content creators with sats. I think Elon has primed the pump on this idea. SN is pretty specialized atm and Fountain is brilliant but podcasts aren’t exactly easily digestible in a low attention span world. l’d love to see something like the reddit front page with live stream videos presented on a single page sorted by viewership. No recording or archiving, at least at the outset, and a tipping system like SN’s where sats are preloaded and don’t require a new invoice for every tip. Simple, lightweight content (a platform cat shorts or memes could flourish on) with a low-friction tipping/likes system.
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not unlike lightning.video but simpler and with way less friction.
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