lightning payments can be private for the sender if they don't share details with anyone, but nostr zaps broadcast a zap receipt so everyone can see who was the sender and receiver
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/57.md
npub1vp…rnpsw
2026-09-01 23:51:55 UTC
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