"By default agora serves files for free. To charge for downloads, agora must be connected to an LND instance."
<a href="https://github.com/agora-org/agora/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/agora-org/agora/</a><p>"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."<p><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/safety.md" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/saf...</a>
Agora is a simple web file server that charges for downloads. It uses the Lightning Network for payments. The Lightning Network is a layer on top of Bitcoin that enables fast payments with very low fees. It settles to the Bitcoin network, so there's no separate token or currency.<p>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.<p>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.
Hello, i'm from Altilunium News. I just posted Agora's news coverage on Twitter here : <a href="https://twitter.com/altilunium/status/1424256255598600198?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/altilunium/status/1424256255598600198?s=...</a>
Fantastic effort - great to see decentralised file downloads with the ability to accept payments. It's a good step towards freeing independent commerce from the increasingly-censorious establishment tech players.<p>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.<p>Good luck and looking forward to seeing this develop.
Htlc.me message when i tried to buy your file : Send Payment Failed<p>Payment failed to send. This can happen due to temporary network connectivity issues or an unexpected server error.
"Received Payment<p>A welcome gift! Thanks for trying HTLC.me!<p>0.00313370 tBTC ($140.06 tUSD)"<p>What is the difference between USD and tUSD?
That's potentially very big, but it needs some plumbing. Can you use a Visa card to refill a "lightning network account" or whatever you call it? Can the seller get proceeds to a bank account in $s?