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I like nutzaps because:
1. Better verification assuming the mint is widely trusted - > reputation builds up
2. Still some degree of plausible deniability: You could say ecash doesn't equal real money, it's an IOU (not a lawyer)
3. No peel-chain type of privacy leak like with Bitcoin
4. More stable from a developer standpoint because there is no third party involved in the publishing of the zap receipt like with LN zaps
5. Funny name

LN zaps:
- Less verifiable probably due to random LN nodes posting the zap receipt
- Worse stability of receipt structure : it is third party publishing with whatever tags they want. You can just propose the event as a client app
- Better deniability due to the above

Onchain:
- Very strong verifiability
- Privacy ramifications most users can't calculate beforehand
- Future fees and waiting times if bitcoin succeeds

Most use a custodian LN wallet (99.9%) anyway and there's really no way to abstract away the privacy consequences of onchain so ecash is my winner.