Agora is released under a maximally permissive license and written in Rust. Currently it integrates with LND for Lightning Payments, so you'll need to also have an LND instance running if you want to charge for downloads.
And if you're interested in using Agora to sell some files, please try it out and let us know what you think! We have lots of ideas for features that we'd like to add, but are much more interested in what users need.
Compared to Gumroad, Agora is not subject to censorship and can be self-hosted.
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You already paid that invoice! Ask them for a new one?
I still cant pass the paywall.
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0.00313370 tBTC ($140.06 tUSD)"
What is the difference between USD and tUSD?
So you could set up an LND instance, get inbound liquidity with a service like Bitrefill*, and then withdraw any funds via the Lightning Network to a River account, sell the proceeds for USD, and transfer them to your bank account.
I use River as an example because it's my favorite, but there are many other services that you could also use.
* It's slightly subtle aspect of the Lightning Network, but in order to receive funds, you need inbound liquidity, i.e. a channel with your Lightning Network node with funds on your counterparty's side of the channel. This can be accomplished buy buying inbound liquidity from a service like Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/lightning-channel/
If so, what happens if you do have more than that amount in outstanding transactions? The transactions fail? They hang around and complete after the pipeline empties out?
What if I just want to assume that the customer is good for the money and queue it up myself for settlement once I have the liquidity to spare. Does Agora let me do that?
I apologize if these are dumb questions.
There is certainly potential for negatives, like people self-hosting to sell pirated and other illegal content. However we're at this point because the establishment services have been engaging in worsening behaviour over the past few years.
Good luck and looking forward to seeing this develop.
"As of this writing, lnd is still in beta and it is considered #reckless to put any life altering amounts of BTC into the network."
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