hermit1986 on Nostr: Trying to understand the appeal of Cashu over Monero. If the end result is ecash ...
Trying to understand the appeal of Cashu over Monero.
If the end result is ecash issued by a MINT (wtf) and redeemable for Lightning sats, isn’t that introducing custodial trust back into the system?
What advantages make that tradeoff worth it for people?
It sounds like people actually want digital cash with privacy by default.
The irony is that Monero ALREADY solved this years ago without requiring mints or partial custodians.
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2026-05-18 06:24:31 UTCEvent JSON
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