36 sats \ 0 replies \ @calle OP 2 Nov 2022
Hello Stackers,
- If you don't know what Cashu is you can check this short explainer thread
- Here is an explainer about some Cashu internals for the LNTCN podcast.
- You can watch this excellent lecture by waxwing about Chaumian Ecash for Bitcoin if you're interested in a deep dive.
We have a GitHub page that collects cashu-related code. There is work being done on a Javascript and a Golang client and mint. Check it out!
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @timechain 2 Nov 2022
Sweet, built in Tor? That should qualify you for the other half a bitcoin from the HRF, right?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @calle OP 3 Nov 2022
👀 it was a very valid concern from the reviewers!
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6 sats \ 1 reply \ @03a4eca3b1 2 Nov 2022
awesome! anyone know when will be lnbits extension ready?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @calle OP 3 Nov 2022
We're working very hard on it! Soon (TM)
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @spookydub 2 Nov 2022
Very cool, seems like anyone could issue tokens in-line with a synthetic USD position at Kollider or OKX/bitcoin beach to "collateralize" the token?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @calle OP 3 Nov 2022
Yes, this is what some people immediately have thought of! I think it will come! :)
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @elonmusk 2 Nov 2022
the onion cartel help the cashews hide?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @peterzion 3 Nov 2022
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @02c142fbe9 3 Nov 2022
Can I build a fractional reserve mint which accept 1 satoshi, and issue a 1 BTC eCash?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @_b_o_n_e_s_ 3 Nov 2022
@calle would you be able to expand on this point about mints and auditing supply? this particular comment may be a bit facetious but the issue didn’t seem to be covered too deeply in the waxwing video, just acknowledged as a bit of a problem that needed more research. Unless I missed it? The video was great video though, loved it. Great intro to the topic. Thank you 🙌
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @_b_o_n_e_s_ 3 Nov 2022
What I mean is: how do users know the total supply of minted coins isn’t fractional? Is it possible to do some Proof of Reserves or something?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @calle OP 3 Nov 2022
This is something we've been discussing very intensely in the last few months and afaik there is no perfect solution for this (yet?). First of all, Cashu is 100% Lightning and as long as you can't audit the balance of a Lightning node, that won't be possible really. But let's assume it was an on-chain wallet with full auditability. Now you know how many BTC went into the mint. How you know how many ecash tokens went out of the mint?
There are a couple of options but one solution I find interesting is having users post a proof on a third party site (controlled by a separate entetiy than the mint) that they received tokens from that particular mint, which would establish at least a lower-bound of issued tokens. The mint could post seen secrets to that site to account for spent tokens.
Question is now, how do you get the upper bound and that's not that easy. The mint could print itself infinitely many tokens without anyone realizing it. If you want to tie each token to, say, a UTXO or a Bitcoin transaction you need something like a global state... and you end up building a blockchain again.
If anyone has ideas, please share them. Happy to discuss, this is an ongoing research question afaik.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @_b_o_n_e_s_ 3 Nov 2022
Thank you for such a detailed answer, appreciate it. Does sound like a difficult problem to solve. Did Chaum write about it back in the day I wonder. Going to be interesting to see how it evolves. All the best with the project then. Thanks 🙌
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