AFAIK escrow (and therefore handling the possible dispute around hodl invoices) involves a 3rd party, is there a way to do it trustlessly?

I wonder if escrow could somehow be automated using hodl invoices.

k00b

Both have risks (user doesnt know if PoW is correct until unblinded, miner doesn't know will get paid until user actually pays). But there is a reputation system in place too.

Goal was to make it fully p2p, no escrow. The website is just a frontend on top of Nostr.

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04b3ceda2a

It works in a distributed way. Steps are

1. User indicates what sort of PoW they want (difficulty, timeframe, amount willing to pay)
2. Miner(s) start working
3. Miner(s) post blinded PoW
4. The invoice preimage unblinds the PoW, so when the Client pays, the PoW is unblinded and usable

Both have risks (user doesnt know if PoW is correct until unblinded, miner doesn't know will get paid until user actually pays). But there is a reputation system in place too.

Goal was to make it fully p2p, no escrow. The website is just a frontend on top of Nostr.