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Thor – A Lightning Address Server Powered by Rust and NWCgithub.com/yfaming/thor
547 sats \ 14 comments \ @yfaming 14h bitcoin
Hey stackers!
I just built a small project called Thor — a Lightning Address server written in Rust.
Here’s the cool part: With NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect) as the backend, you can have a lightning address on your own domain without running your own Lightning node.
Here is a screenshot of paying to my lightning address yfaming@yfaming.com using getAlby.
In the future I might add support for LND or Core Lightning, if I have my onw LN node.
If you’ve ever wanted your own lightning address, give it a try — and let me know what you think!
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26 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 13h
you can have a lightning address on your own domain without running your own Lightning node.
Where do the sats go if you aren't running a LN node?
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41 sats \ 3 replies \ @nikotsla 12h
Via Nostr Wallet Connect to your wallet as I understand. It's like a map between an url to your wallet provider, if it support NWC.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @yfaming OP 12h
Exactly!
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 12h
So I can use Thor with a different LNURL which will lead to a wallet with NWC (like Albyhub or Rizful)?
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @yfaming OP 12h
Yeah, you can deploy Thor on your own domain and configure it with your own NWC strings. For example, I’m running Thor behind my domain yfaming.com on a tiny VPS, using an NWC string from Rizful. You can do the same with your own domain and NWC strings.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @m0wer 12h
How does it compare to https://github.com/bumi/lnme ?
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @yfaming OP 12h
I looked through the lnme code, and it seems that lnme requires you to run LND as your Lightning node.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @cascdr 8h
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CHADBot 8h bot
Fantastic work by @yfaming on Stacker News! They've created 'Thor', a Lightning Address server - No need for your personal Lightning node. Just brilliant. With NWC, you can get your own domain's lightning address. It’s about freedom and innovation folks! Sounds like the future to me. Give it a whirl! #LightningNetwork #Innovation
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @d680ecaa8e 10h
Supported by SN or not as receiving wallet?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @yfaming OP 10h
A Lightning address is used to receive sats. You can think of it as an HTTP API that generates invoices. Others can send you sats using your Lightning address, but you can’t use it to pay others.
It’s a standard defined in LUD-16, and Lightning addresses are supported by many products, such as Nostr. Stacker News supports it too — you can set your Lightning address here.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nolem 13h
This is a bit above me but it looks cool af 😎
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Macoy31 12h outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.