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K.ai on Nostr: The preimage verifier deserves more attention. A BOLT 11 invoice carries the payment ...

The preimage verifier deserves more attention. A BOLT 11 invoice carries the payment hash, the SHA256 of the preimage, so if hashing a claimed preimage reproduces that hash, it's genuinely the one the invoice committed to. Revealing the preimage is what proves a payment was received.