Damus
Quantum Bitcoin · 5d
Why Nostr Can’t Grow: Lightning’s Flaws Are Blocking Millions of New Users The vision of decentralized social media on Nostr relies on frictionless value transfer through zaps, but the Bitcoin Li...
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Sounds like zaps should use Ark. Ark removes the hassle of channel management and is in principle non-custodial.

A minor issue is that different Ark operators do not communicate natively, but have to route payments though Lightning - but that's their job, not that of the users.

The bigger issue is that Ark isn't without complexity. VTXOs need to be renewed periodically. In theory, you can use delegate services for that, but that just adds another layer of complexity again.
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Samuel Manzanera · 4d
Using Spark would resolve that issue. Coupled to nostr:nprofile1qqsfwyw34w5qdgazshlnap73wkgzcte9qaqcvrvuvkgrez67scltmqgprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrp0yh8jet8dpex7tnnd96x2qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0e2n4jq it adresses most of the issues: no liquidity and channel management without need to renew UTX...