What's it going to take to add a bolt-12 offer to my nostr profile so that it's used for zaps?

Zaps now accepted directly to my Phoenix android wallet here:

New major release! Phoenix Android/iOS/Server now supports BOLT12: - reusable, non-expiring payment requests - contact list (Android for now, iOS soon) - attach messages to payments You can now receive payments to a static bolt-12 offer via Phoenix and keep a list of offers in your contact list! See also bolt12.org

Can anymore explain why these txs are doing? Seems like they are consolidating 2 of 3 multisig outputs at a crazy high feerate. It makes no sense! 🤪

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Bitcoin has forced the banking system to make same day bank-to-bank transfers possible. Would this have even happened if Bitcoin had not shown this was possible in practice for large transfers? Would the banking system have felt compelled to make it possible? I honestly don't think so. Think about that when someone natters on about how governments will somehow stomp out Bitcoin. It's too late.

"On May 3rd, 2024, @PhoenixWallet will be removed from US app stores. Users from the US should empty their wallet: - Settings > Close channels (Android) - Settings > Drain wallet (iOS) We highly recommend *not force-closing* channels, as on-chain fees could be significant."

Reposting from bird site post by Laurent MT. "Here we go again" "...the defendants, developed, marketed, and operated a cryptocurrency mixing service known as Samourai Wallet (““Samourai”), an unlicensed money transmitting business from which they earned millions of dollars in fees. Samourai unlawfully combined multiple unique features to execute anonymous financial transactions valued at over $2 billion in cryptocurrency for its customers. While offering Samourai as a “privacy” service, the defendants knew that it was a haven for criminals to engage in large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion. Indeed, as the defendants intended and well knew, a substantial portion of the funds that Samourai processed were criminal proceeds passed through Samourai for purposes of concealment. Indeed, during the relevant period, Samourai laundered over $100 million dollars of crime proceeds originating from, among other criminal sources: illegal darkweb markets, such as Silk Road and Hydra Market; various wire fraud and computer fraud schemes, including a web-server intrusion, a spear phishing scheme, and schemes to defraud multiple decentralized finance protocols; and other illegal activities."

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Indictment (Sealed) – #4 in United States v. RODRIGUEZ (S.D.N.Y., 1:24-cr-00082) – CourtListener.com

SEALED S(2) INDICTMENT as to Sealed Defendant 1 (1) count(s) 1, 2, Sealed Defendant 2 (2) count(s) 1, 2. (jm) (Entered: 04/24/2024)

Interesting project from Moxy Marlinspike to create a user friendly way to recover key material:

Juicebox

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Juicebox is an open-source encryption key recovery protocol that provides high security coupled with a user-friendly design, to make encryption fur...

I wonder if this could be used to simplify #nostr apps?

Exciting news from ACINQ team just dropped on bird site, see below: All the goodness of @PhoenixWallet, available to developers! - self-custodial, no signup - lightweight, native binaries - NO configuration - fully automated liquidity - easy http api https://phoenix.acinq.co/server #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork FULLY automated liquidity Get "infinite inbound" from the largest and most liquid node in the network. No headaches for merchants or other receive-heavy use cases. Effective receive fee is as low as ~1% ➡️ All details here: https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/auto-liquidity Absolutely NO configuration no channel management no peer management no liquidity management no firewall configuration ➡️ Get started in seconds: https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/get-started Lightweight & native phoenixd is compiled to native binaries for linux, mac (x86 & arm) and windows (wsl). Phoenix was already fast on mobile, but on server it flies!