I did a big writeup chronicling onchain zaps and put many of my thoughts together in one place.
Onchain Zaps in Ditto: Bitcoin Tipping Without Lightning
Onchain zaps is the purest form of expression of the Nostr protocol. It's the first thing anyone thought when the read NIP-01. For years we're been living a lie. Look what that brought us. This is what Nostr IS. This is what Nostr HAS BEEN ALL ALONG. It it the TRUTH.
I think these guys knew exactly what they were doing when they named their software "whirlpool". 5 years in prison to be set for life upon release (endless donations from the Bitcoin community who loves their martyrs) is the type of trade-off you'd see in the top comment of an AskReddit thread.
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