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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @0359c62f34 17 Mar 2023 \ on: Cashu: Chaumian E-Cash & Mints Over Lightning - Bitfinex blog bitcoin
I read about how this is supposed to be easier than lightning, then read some requirements about needing to run a bitcoin node AND a lightning node before you can run this. Something seems a little "off" with that.
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12 sats \ 2 replies \ @heidi 17 Mar 2023
Where did you read this? You do not need to run a bitcoin and lightning node to use CashU--you may be talking about running a mint, which you can also do on .
BTC sessions did a great demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTRD0BdMDI
Also check out https://nutstash.app and https://cashu.space for more information.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @heidi 17 Mar 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0359c62f34 18 Mar 2023
Yeah, I'm not talking "use as a service" but "use as a service with a high degree of privacy.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @yonson 17 Mar 2023
The person running the mint is taking on more work, but it allows them to offer an easy on-ramp to others who are less technical (and willing to trust them). I wrote a bit on it here: https://blog.yonson.dev/log/2023-03-vol3/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 17 Mar 2023
And you have to burn the tokens and remint them.
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