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Super Testnet24d ago
Here's a thing I wanna *use* but don't wanna build myself. These stores let you pay with L1 bitcoin if you use one of their partner apps to generate something called a Flexa Payment Code: - Chipotle - Home Depot - Gamestop - Barnes & Noble The user needs a wallet with btc or another cryptocurrency in it, you use that money to fund what is essentially a gift card that works at any Flexa-supporting merchant, the merchant scans it, and you enjoy your product. But there is no "web" interface for doing this. You can't just pay a lightning invoice and get a Flexa payment code out of it to present at Chipotle, etc. And Flexa's API is also permissioned, which is a turn-off for me. But there's a potential workaround: at least three of their partner apps ARE permissionless. Nexus Wallet, Nighthawk Wallet, Zashi Wallet, and Coinbase Wallet are self-custodial wallets, and *can* generate Flexa payment codes. So I'd love it if someone used an emulator, a scraper, and lightning to make a website where anyone can generate a Flexa code and pay with LN at Chipotle et. al.
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EVAN KALOUDIS24d ago
Flexa doesn't support LN though so you need to intro another middle man to make the UX fast
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Super Testnet24d ago
(1) They do support LN according to their website. See my screenshot below. So one way to build this would be to get access to their permissioned api and make a web version. (2) But it might be easier to go the permissionless route. Some of those apps support networks that lightning can do atomic swaps to. And some of them are very quick. So someone who doesn't mind getting their hands dirty by writing smart contracts on an altcoin platform could make this happen without needing to ask for an API credential from Flexa.
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The Tim24d ago
Not sure if it would work, but check out how Blink and @23d2ca7e…c58adce1 do it with proprietary qr codes?
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nout24d ago
That sounds like a great prompt to give to Claude with access to terminal...
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