Lumen Privacy

Crypto that works when the internet doesn’t on @Base. Developed by @LietzowStephen
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[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

$LUMEN is finally here.

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Here's what we built. Deposit into a shielded pool, your balance becomes a hash. Send with ZK proofs that don't reveal amounts, and receive at stealth addresses so you can't be tracked. Relayers pay gas so wallets don't get linked.

SMS offline, pre load a session key while you're online, send crypto over text when you're not. How it works? Request access from the dashboard first, your number gets reviewed and allowlisted. Don't text the number without approval or you won't get a response.

Once whitelisted, text [phone] to activate and get your .lumen handle. Share it with anyone to receive Crypto privately over SMS. To send, one command: SEND 50 USDC to name.lumen or 0x..... reply YES to confirm.

Website - https://t.co/4oPNlILrmN
Telegram - https://t.co/1xBiepOknx
Developer - https://t.co/RP9165fOj1
Docs - https://t.co/wJHLeJGIC3
Email - [email protected]

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Introducing the "Pay with Lumen" button, private crypto checkout for any website.

Add one script tag and a button, and your customers can pay in USDC or USDT on Base through a clean in-page checkout. No plugin, no third-party platform, no redirect away from your site. Payments settle privately into your balance.

It's secure by design: your API key stays on your server, never in the browser. Your site simply receives a confirmation the moment a payment clears, ready to unlock a download, complete an order, or trigger fulfillment.

Example: a creator selling a $25 ebook adds the button to a single landing page. Buyers pay privately, and the download unlocks automatically on settlement, no Stripe account, no checkout platform, no monthly fees.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

$LUMEN burns are live.

Revenue from fees market buys $LUMEN and sends it to the dead address.

First burn: 12.3 million tokens gone forever.

Real usage → real deflation → real scarcity.

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[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Accept private stablecoin payments on your store with Lumen, WooCommerce plugin is live (@Shopify next, same rails).

Customer picks “Private crypto” at checkout → pays USDC/USDT on Base → order auto-completes via a signed webhook. Settles privately to your balance, so your sales & wallet aren’t exposed on-chain.

Setup (~2 min): dashboard → “Connect your store” → create API key → paste into WooCommerce → done.

Example: Maya sells ceramics, customer pays a $45 order in USDC, it flips to “Paid” automatically, and no one can tie her shop to her takings.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Building in public means shipping things that aren’t perfect yet. We’ll fix them. We’ll improve them. But waiting for perfect is how nothing ships.

Team has been up building for 22 hours, taking a break to sleep then back to building,

5am EST right now.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Merchant checkout is live. Generate a “Pay with Lumen” link or QR, your customer pays, it settles privately into your balance. Plug it into your store, hook in the signed settlement webhooks, and you’re running payless without publishing your revenue. No books on-chain. Just money.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

You can now do payroll privately on Lumen. Upload a list, pay everyone at once. Each payment goes through the mixer so nobody on-chain can see who you’re paying, how much, or who’s connected to who.

No public payroll record. Just settle.

[Stephen Lietzow @LietzowStephen]

Someone in our Telegram accused me of being AI.

Still live, still building.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Introducing Lumen agent payments. Give your AI assistant scoped API keys with spend caps.

Tell it "pay person.lumen 20 USDC" and it settles through our privacy mixer on Base. MCP tool calls for direct payments, or x402 for auto settling invoices while agents browse.

(API key in the picture was revoked, so anyone looking to use it good luck.)

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Building a real protocol isn't free. Code costs money. Design costs money. Marketing costs money. Infrastructure costs money.

We're using money out of our pockets right now to keep this going. This is how every real business works. We're running like an actual business, there's expenses.

There's 4 of us, one is doxxed. We've built the perfect setup and everyone still finds a way to be negative.

Just let us keep building.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

We allocated supply from the dev wallet to pay for marketing, that's a normal operating expense for any project.

What we won't do is take the blame if the people we hire sell, they need to make a profit.

Everyone asked us about doing marketing in our TG, we did. We vet who we work with and we're transparent about spend.

Stop calling us a scam and actually let us build.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

@Sadraspberry145 Because everyone thinks we're a "scam" for operating like a normal business.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

We allocated supply from the dev wallet to pay for marketing, that's a normal operating expense for any project.

What we won't do is take the blame if the people we hire sell, they need to make a profit.

Everyone asked us about doing marketing in our TG, we did. We vet who we work with and we're transparent about spend.

Stop calling us a scam and actually let us build.

[sekvoja23612 @Sadraspberry145]

@LumenPrivacy Scamm

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

You can now request a payment by email on Lumen.

Enter an amount, type someone's email, and send. They get a clean email with a "Pay now" button, and they can pay you on Base with no account and no app.

The money settles privately into your balance.

[Law @XG7DwE9m]

@LumenPrivacy It is based because it is on @base

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Added cross-chain to Lumen.

Spend your private balance on Base across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon.

Your personal wallet stays off the destination chain. Privacy travels with you.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Shopify is bullish. 💚 x 🖤

Recurring payments are now live on Lumen.

Creators can publish a subscription plan and share a link. Subscribers sign up once and are auto-charged from their private balance each cycle, privately, with cancellation anytime.

[Shopify @Shopify]

@LietzowStephen Same

[Shopify @Shopify]

@LietzowStephen Same

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Request payments in one tap, now on the Lumen Telegram bot.

Send /request (Amount) (Coin) to generate a shareable link. Whoever opens it pays you privately in a single confirmation.

[Stephen Lietzow @LietzowStephen]

The people who were skeptical about Lumen are now the ones testing it. That's the best feedback I could ask for.

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

@Ucing1503 https://t.co/wogCKq6jcJ

[Lumen Privacy @LumenPrivacy]

Introducing Lumen Payment Links.

Generate one, share it anywhere, get paid privately on Base.

Funds land privately in your Lumen balance. For creators, freelancers, anyone getting paid.

[Stephen Lietzow @LietzowStephen]

Hey @Shopify 👋

Working on something you'll like. Releasing today.