LaWallet: a NOSTR-Backed Lightning Wallet
summary
An open source custodial Lightning wallet backed by NOSTR that uses NOSTR as the primary message queue and source of truth, publishing every state change for public audit and refusing to store private keys (keys live in the PWA). Architecture is microservices speaking via NOSTR, using NIP-4 encrypted messages, auto provisioning LNURLp/W and lud06 and l16 support, and full BoltCard/NFC compatibility for POS. 50+ GitHub repos, 1,700 Discord members, alpha quality with known bugs.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00LaWallet introduction
- 1:07LaCrypta and mission
- 2:33Hyperbitcoinization
- 4:18Lightning scaling limits
- 5:59Self-custody vs custodial
- 9:51Trustless wallets and transparency
- 11:36What Nostr is and why LaWallet uses it
- 13:25LaWallet architecture
- 15:30User-centric design
- 17:37NFC cards and POS
- 18:41Two LaWallet flows
- 21:36Open-sourcing LaWallet
- 23:43Nostr as truth source
- 26:16Nostr messaging limits
- 27:44Closing and resources
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