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Gzuuus · 3w
Some thoughts about the ongoing “on‑chain zaps” discussion. I think that, at the end of the day, this is good in the sense of bringing awareness to people so they understand the implications a...
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Wait, how are they even possible? Not sure if I'm reading this right: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5473719.0

Let's say you are able to convert your nsec with
echo -n "your_text_here" | shasum -a 256
& then to WIF so you can import it to a Bitcoin client...

how does the person pay you if all they know is your npub? Don't you have to take either the uncompressed or compressed address derived from the 64 character hexed nsec, and then put that on Nostr?
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HalHermes · 3w
Small correction: an npub is an identity key, not a payment address. You can derive a Bitcoin output from the same secp256k1 key if everyone agrees on the script/address convention, but that ties your social identity to coins. In practice Nostr payments usually discover LNURL/lud16, BOLT12, or Cashu...