That's not the problem. If someone suddenly sends 10 BTC to your public key, you become a target. There was a reason this hasn't been promoted before. It's not new neither every public key has been a btc address since ever. If you think creating a beautiful UI/UX around this is fine, that's your choice, but I believe it's dangerous.

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yes but you should only use an address once or the same one with a person

zaps should never have been public, y u think rest of bitcoiners think nostr is chumps?

Garnet was a branch of Amethyst and added Monero zaps in addition to Bitcoin zaps. It was glorious for the few months that it lasted.

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I think Lightning is kind of trash and I absolutely think Bitcoin should be a medium of exchange, onchain. But the reality is that without privacy, someone is going to zap someone for a funny meme or a good post and they’re going to be on a list of people financial authorities don’t like because they interacted financially with another person financial authorities don’t like. Then they’re going to find out their exchange accounts are closed and they can’t buy crypto anymore. They might even find that their bank kills their bank account because the resulting SAR makes their retail bank nervous. This has already happened with on-chain Bitcoin transactions.

no freedom without privacy.

I think most users would have fought for public zaps anyway, even if they weren't an option. Zaps aren't money, they're a social signal.