Tim Bouma on Nostr: Honestly, I think this is a pretty big deal. In brief, a payer lightning wallet using ...

Honestly, I think this is a pretty big deal.

In brief, a payer lightning wallet using #nostr #safebox under the hood can detect if the payee address is also a #nostr #safebox address. If so the payment is completely negotiated and cleared with cashu tokens, without ever touching lightning at all. That means a totally private payment system can be built that invisibly works on top of lightning and automatically back to lightning whenever needed.

The user never knows the difference.

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Here's another boring invisible capability I implemented. If #nostr #safebox detects another lightning address has a safebox behind it, it bypasses lightning completely. Instead, the payment is completed by issuing cashu tokens and securely transmitting via #nauth. The payee listens for payments and accepts the tokens as they come in.

As for the user, they just think it's a regular lightning payment. As for other lightning addresses, #nostr #safebox simply falls back to the lightning network.

Truly private payments! Onward!