note: this is all still a bit rough around the edges but we'll be working to refine it over the next week or so.
zap/post/comment without account
You no longer need an account to participate on SN. Lurkers (yes, you) can chime in and zap at random via bolt11 invoices. Posts/comments without an account will appear as the @anon nym and you can conveniently browse all @anon content via their profile.
We might change the name of the @anon account (we are playing with alternative names) but the functionality will remain the same.
just-in-time account funding
One nice side effect of implementing the above is that if you're logged in you no longer need to fund your account before performing costly actions. For example, you can make a large zap or add significant boost without carrying any custodial balance.
foreshadowing
Another nice side effect is this lays the ground work for other forms of non-custodial spending that are bolt11 based like NWC, WebLN, LNC, and commando.
extras
  • subs in the dropdown in dark mode being hidden on certain browsers has been fixed (@ekzyis)
  • if you have set that you prefer dark mode on iOS (in your iOS settings) you will now get dark splash screens (@WeAreAllSatoshi)
I really like this. Nice work guys! Definitely would love playing with more NWC stuff too if you're going down that route.
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anons unite! Blessed is he/she/it who lurks and drifts
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All anon zaps will go to the reward pool btw :)
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This confused me a minute. I read it as when anon zapped it would go to reward pool. But it's when anon gets zapped it goes into reward pool. Duh:)
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Oh, sorry, that's not the case yet. I've just seen @k00b mentioning it in the anon helper message (if you click the anon icon next to the reply button while being anon): #223802
But it's not implemented yet
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It’s just a change to the rewards query but we all know how that can go lol
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FYI for the splash screen to update on iOS, if you have the PWA installed already, you’ll need to reinstall it. It appears iOS caches the image at install time
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Great, but I don't understand why show the popup Pay invoice or fund account. I would like just click on lightning icon and payment goes. For now I need two clicks. I'm using Alby extension to make the payment.
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If you fund your account, you can choose to fund it with more sats than just the payment, so you may safe on tx fees on further actions
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I use LN in Alby in a non custodial way. I just would like to click on lightning icon and payment is done. I don't want to fund Stacker News first.
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Maybe we should just show the invoice by default but give the option to add more sats to the invoice that will be added to the account
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See how https://snort.social/ works. I'm able to zap using Alby just clicking on lightning icon. They don't even show any invoice for me. Maybe show an invoice just if the payment fails.
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Thanks for all the feedback!
Ah, yes
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zap/post/comment without account
This is huge. Congrats and thanks for the feature.
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Yeah another unique thing Bitcoin gives us!
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Anon seems great name to me!
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In the not so distant future speech is going to be regulated, I mean SN will be held accountable for what anon posts. So may as well name it @sn or @fbi or something
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@spook may be good in that case
I'm prescribing myself one touch of grass for letting myself imagine that future
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Maybe there could be bunch of names and random one picked each time? :)
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Put them on AWS Guantanamo
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stackernews is the new 4chan
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This is exactly what a was thinking when I suggest you few days ago a way to use SN in a more "decentralized" way.
kudos!
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Hmm it appears we are still getting weird cache behavior when we push updates.
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Lol I love the anon icon
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It's cool!
We are thinking about theming @anon in the wild west motif though and going with something like @drifter instead. The equivalent icon is probably a cloak but idk.
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Not bad. It does mostly remind me of digital nomads though.
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Is that bad? I see it as a kind of identity nomadism.
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It's not bad. It's just a recording of what it reminds me of.
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I like gypsy but I think real gypsies find the term offensive
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you cant please everyone dang, these 100 sat replies are expensive :) but you can fund them directly from your logged-in account. I like!
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Oh nice. I hadn’t thought to test that.
I am anon
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I am groot
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zap/post/comment without account
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Free the people :)
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Will each anon have their own profile? While it seems odd to pool them all together, that also seems like the only way to protect privacy.
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You're right, they're all pooled together.
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