Relay

Relay is a Node.js wrapper around LND, handling connectivity and storage for Sphinx. Communication between Relay nodes takes place entirely on the Lightning Network, so is decentralized, untraceable, and encrypted. Message content is also end-to-end encrypted using client public keys, on the Sphinx app itself.

Relay stores:

• Aliases
• Messages
• Recurring payment configurations
• Invites (so you can add your friends)
• Media Keys: keys for decrypting media files, asymetrically encrypted for each contact in a chat

run your own sphinx node

You can run your own Sphinx node in order to have full ownership over your communication!

download

git clone https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-node

cd sphinx-node

npm install

dependencies

sqlite3: apt-get install sqlite3

configure

Edit the "production" section of config/app.json:

• Change macaroon_location to the location of your LND admin macaroon
• Change tls_location to the location of your LND cert

run

npm run prod

Roadmap

• linking recurring payments to files, to enable use cases such as subscribing to podcasts with BTC!