No, they don’t require it. To back up your account you need an email address, but you can use something like ProtonMail or another anonymizer.
There are other ways to get a zappable Lightning Address, depending on your preference.
Telegram has LightningTipBot. https://ln.tips
There’s also Alby which has Nostr integration features. https://getalby.com
Both of those can be imported into ZEUS (npub1xnf…lpr5) so you can use them as a mobile Lightning wallet. https://zeusln.app
There are other ways too, but I don’t want to overload you with information.
daniel / The Daniel ⚡️
npub1ae…q4nwx
2023-04-17 13:14:49
in reply to nevent1q…62eu
Author Public Key
npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwxPublished at
2023-04-17 13:14:49Event JSON
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