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why don't we just make "damus gems" the thing you buy from an in-app purchase. it would just be a signed nostr note from our node with a unique ID. like a lightning IOU. we wouldn't need the full complexity of an ecash node. it would be a small plugin on my core-lightning node.
the iou would have the purchase amount in fiat. you can't really do much with these except melt into your lightning wallet once you set one up. this melting would be a payment from our node to another lightning node (the users wallet). then we would mark the gem as redeemed
I wonder if this would basically allow us to get our zap button back on ios in a sneaky way ?
also since its denominated in fiat we don't have any risk in terms of price swings, and users can't use them as call options lol
this is probably the cleanest way I can think of integrating with the ios appstore without doing kyc nonsense
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There’s only one way to find out right…?… to just try & see what happens?
I don't have an iphone, but I like the idea of buying an "in-game credit" and it shows up in the app as a gem (a banking receipt). Not functionally different than a game app, until you go to spend the gem, you're actually just redeeming the note for sats in your lighting wallet.
I like the idea of gems, they should have attractive functionalities for the user for example: 1 gem to activate purple badge.
Also user could win 1 gem if he has X number of followers, etc.
you could also use gems to buy badges and profile flair 🤔
The most important thing is that its clear thats its not a 1to1 redeemable thing with sats, so you avoid the legal issues with it being an exhance token for bitcoin. That can just be a feature that we provide (automelt gems into sats when zapping) until there are legal issues.
The customization features always draw the user’s attention. They feel that the application is more like their personal tastes.
Damus has so much to offer 👏🏼
Without the blinding you make yourself a target for the government.
Just saying.
GM! I'm amazed at the lengths people will go instead just ditching apple. If they don't let you zap, leave them behind.
jb55
why don't we just make "damus gems" the thing you buy from an in-app purchase. it would just be a signed nostr note from our node with a unique ID. like a lightning IOU. we wouldn't need the full complexity of an ecash node. it would be a small plugin on my core-lightning node.
the iou would have the purchase amount in fiat. you can't really do much with these except melt into your lightning wallet once you set one up. this melting would be a payment from our node to another lightning node (the users wallet). then we would mark the gem as redeemed
I wonder if this would basically allow us to get our zap button back on ios in a sneaky way ?
also since its denominated in fiat we don't have any risk in terms of price swings, and users can't use them as call options lol
this is probably the cleanest way I can think of integrating with the ios appstore without doing kyc nonsense
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