WARNING: LNURL must be used over https or TOR
LNURL is a range of lightning-network standards that allow us to use
- lightning-network differently. An LNURL withdraw is the permission for
- someone to pull a certain amount of funds from a lightning wallet. In
- this extension time is also added - an amount can be withdraw over a
- period of time. A typical use case for an LNURL withdraw is a faucet,
- although it is a very powerful technology, with much further reaching
- implications. For example, an LNURL withdraw could be minted to pay for
- a subscription service.
+ lightning-network differently. An LNURL-pay is a link that wallets use
+ to fetch an invoice from a server on-demand. The link or QR code is
+ fixed, but each time it is read by a compatible wallet a new QR code is
+ issued by the service. It can be used to activate machines without them
+ having to maintain an electronic screen to generate and show invoices
+ locally, or to sell any predefined good or service automatically.
Exploring LNURL and finding use cases, is really helping inform