I'm only following peer pressure. Truthfully I think the best solution would be to do away with Lightning and integrate Bitcoin natively. Everyone I've told about this seems to think it's a bad idea. But you know what, I don't want you to zap me 2 cents, I want you to zap me $5, so I think this would actually solve everything.
Replies (5)
Bitcoin fees would skyrocket if you tried to put every zap or coffee purchase on it, then those things would become uneconomical and people would stop doing it. You need a system that is noncustodial and isn’t tied to bitcoin fees. This is what lightning is for.
Speaking of Lightning. Fix your node. I wanted to zap this comment 🤣
But nobody would. Nobody is going to zap $5 plus on chain fees for a social media post. or I should say very few would.
Maybe all 3 is the way. on chain zap, ln zap, and cashu.
Depending on if you are zapping, buying, sending, using robosata, etc... you could choose which method you want to use.
You can easily zap on chain, or even on a side chain such a liquid. Or better yet, we can run our own side chain with elements. On top of that payments can be batched, by reliable relays and only cashed out after batching, making on-chain fees tiny. The batching itself could use taproot and schnorr which would be native to nostr, and have tons of innovation adjacent such as silent payments. This is also lightning compatible.
Also look at how amazingly good litecoin is for transactions, and the chain hasnt collapsed (yet) from being about 5x bigger. LTC on chain fees would be under 1 satoshi, which is amazing if you think about it.
