pull down to refresh

Private, serverless Bitcoin payments for indie devsbennet.org/blog/private-serverless-bitcoin-payments-for-indie-devs/
1223 sats \ 5 comments \ @tombennet 8h bitcoin
After publishing my BIP39 mnemonic article, a few people asked how my Bitcoin donation widget worked and whether it used BTCPay Server.
It doesn’t. I love BTCPay, but for a little website like mine, it’s overkill.
So I wrote up a guide on how to build a self-custodial, privacy-friendly donation setup using nothing but an XPUB, a serverless function, and some frontend JS. The full source code is on GitHub, so it can be cloned and modified freely. Not sure how many folks need something this minimal, but I figured I can’t be the only one.
write
preview
related posts
34 sats \ 1 reply \ @3a42879d5f 4h
Ugh, there is no, "serverless." There's always a server, it's just someone else's server. I wish that buzzword would cease existing. Function as a Service is more truthful.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tombennet OP 2h
I agree! It's a stupid buzzword and I don't like it either. Problem is, I tested a couple titles with friends and this is the one which they immediately understood. Maybe I should've gone with your idea - FaaS is a good description.
But yeah, you're right. It's just someone else's server, which for the purposes of my tutorial means you can host a simple, stateless function for free, i.e. no Linux box to provision, no SSH, no uptime monitoring, etc.
reply
100 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 7h
Bookmarked in case I ever need this. Too bad not many wallets are doing Silent Payment's. That would be an easier guide!
reply
0 sats \ 1 reply \ @96c0b276a3 6h
Interesting. Hopefully more wallets implement silent payments to make this setup even easier.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tombennet OP 2h
Agreed, I'd love that. Wide availability of BIP 352 in wallets would avoid the XPUB step.
reply