Boltcard Tools Terminal vs Minibits

Have you ever tried to pay via Lightning with your BoltCard, but the merchant's Point-of-Sale doesn't support it? With this simple app, you can scan his invoice with your phone, tap your BoltCard on your phone, to pay him directly, in Peer-2-Peer, from your node to his node. You can also pay Onchain invoices with your BoltCard seamlessly using Swiss Bitcoin Pay's integrated swap service.

Minibits is a Bitcoin Lightning and ecash wallet that deliver instant, low-cost, and private value transfers — even when the payer is offline. Why Minibits? Minibits wallet provides you with a free Lightning address, and with Nostr Wallet Connect built in, it's perfect for sending small tips—known as "zaps"—on Nostr social networks. More, Minibits delivers true Tap-to-pay experience to Bitcoin, combining ecash with NFC - even if payer remains offline. Hightlights: - Get free Bitcoin Lightning address to which the wallet can receive or send both lightning and ecash payments - Add your address to your Nostr social profile to receive zaps directly to the wallet - Zap (tip) your follows on Nostr network in a single tap using Nostr Wallet Connect - Multiple payment methods: Bitcoin onchain topups and payments, LNURL pay and withdraw, instant send of encrypted ecash over the NOSTR - Interoperability with any other Lightning wallet - Send and receive ecash payments even the payer is offline - True Tap to pay experience using NFC Security: - Seed phrase backup and recovery of both ecash store on device and of your lightning address in case of device loss - Storage of keys and seed in secure device storage - Optional biometric or PIN code authentication to enter the app - Retry transaction after recoverable errors - Auto-recovery of interrupted transactions - Encrypted wallet backup export and import If you are using this app, please do not forget: - Ecash is stored physically on your device, so the loss of the device means the loss of coins. Make sure to keep your seed backup safe. - Both the Cashu protocol and the Minibits wallet are still experimental, and by using them, you accept known and unknown risks. - You trust mints issuing ecash tokens. Connect only to the mints known to you or run your own for your close community. Now, let's move some Ecash!