DarthCoin on Nostr: No. Keysend is using only destination nodeID, not IP. Only in case of private nodes, ...
No. Keysend is using only destination nodeID, not IP.
Only in case of private nodes, you need to provide also rout hints for a keysend payment. Othwerwise, anybody can send any amount of sats to any public LN node any time, without requiring any LN invoice.
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2023-04-01 11:38:57Event JSON
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