Re: instant web payments via the lightning network

A lot of people don't trust IT.

What do you think about a visible gold vault for currency settlements?
Sovereign land is given to each country (100 feet to 1 mile of 'vault
frontage', depending on country size, and 2 miles deep), which is large
enough for a runway.  An international airport will be added in the area
also.  Gold is impossible to steal and all people around the world can
watch the gold deliveries.  Gold is delivered to each country's land and
they can fly gold to and from the country of origin.

We would have other forms of value available.  Bitcoin might be an option.

The area is for global currency settlements, so any form of value can be
conveyed privately and securely.

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On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 4:34 AM Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I also came across this post here :
>
> Microsoft May Build Identity System with Bitcoin Lightning Network
>
> Although the article mentions DIDs and the work on lightning network seems
> to be speculation.
>
>
> https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/05/14/microsoft-may-build-identity-system-with-bitcoin-lightning-network/
>
> FWIW : My own work with solidpay ( shameless plug!? :) ) aims to integrate
> distributed solid identifiers, DIDs and lightning networks together to
> create a in browser micro payments solution.
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 19:04, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am curious if any of this group is interested in the lightning network
>> [1].
>>
>> For those that are unaware, it is a system built on top of block chains
>> that allow zero cost instant payments in a zero trust environment.
>>
>> There has been lots of innovation already this year, and it seems to be
>> growing fast.  One service that impressed me is a custodial service built
>> on top of twitter that allows you to add a tip jar based on your twitter
>> account.
>>
>> https://tippin.me/
>>
>> This is a really easy way for non technical people to experience web
>> payments and bitcoin in the browser, without the overhead of a high
>> technical barrier to entry, or downloading a wallet.
>>
>> Additionally I have added this to my sollid profile using the the foaf :
>> tipjar predicate that has been around for about a decade but never really
>> used.  The I have added it looks as follows :
>>
>> In turtle :
>>
>> </#me> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/tipjar> <
>> https://tippin.me/@melvincarvalho> .
>>
>> In RDFa :
>>
>> <a target="_blank" rel="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/tipjar" href="
>> https://tippin.me/@melvincarvalho">https://tippin.me/@melvincarvalho</a>
>>
>> There are also new solutions such as a mobile wallet that receives
>> payments (blue wallet), decentralized apps (Lapps) and ability to run your
>> own node eg on a raspberry pi.
>>
>> If anyone is playing around in this space would love to hear from you, or
>> if you'd like to get started and have, say a tippin me account, I'd be
>> happy to send some satoshis (the unit of currency) to play around with.
>>
>> I think this brings forth an exciting new era of instant payments in the
>> browser.  Would love to hear from anyone else that is interested in this
>> tech.
>>
>> [1] http://lightning.network
>>
>>
>>