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We've been thinking a lot about subscriptions at Mutiny and how others can take advantage of it. Today, ZapplePay just shipped AutoZaps. It's like a decentralized Patreon: every npub gets their own page where people can set up recurring payments to them. https://www.zapplepay.com/autozap/ AutoZaps and ZapplePay use NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect) to communicate with supporting wallets such as Mutiny and Alby. Both wallets have budgeting features so you can auto-approve payment requests associated with a specific NWC string. We built Mutiny+ using this same NWC tech. Bitcoin is a "push" system, so replicating fiat's "pull" payments in a self-sovereign way involves new ideas and standards. NWC keeps the user in control, and offers the convenience of autopay when you want it.
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Solving subscriptions on Bitcoin, one zap at a time
One of our favorite Mutiny features is, oddly enough, the way we bill our users for Mutiny+. We took a typical fiat process β€” monthly autopay for...
 Check out AutoZaps and see what you think! We're looking to work with other services / products that want to offer NWC-based checkouts and subscriptions so hit us up if you'd like to chat.

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One of the key use cases of Bitcoin lightning is low cost transactions. This enables merchants of digital content to take small payments for one off purchases where previously that would have been cost prohibitive. Bitcoin gives us an alternative to to the subscription model. We all know the scenario of signing up for the free trial because we want to see that one thing. Then we forget to cancel the service that we are not using and get stuck in a passive form of abuse for months until we notice the payments going out. We can do better than this!