LN zaps were the scenic route we needed to arrive to ecash zaps
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nostr:npub1tm99pgz2lth724jeld6gzz6zv48zy6xp4n9xu5uqrwvx9km54qaqkkxn72 and cashu.me very foward and advanced in that direction friend. Hope to see soon #Cashu in nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x
And nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5 thought being self custodial with lightning was difficult.
lol it’s not difficult if you know how to use bitcoin and lightning. It’s just expensive and difficult for the other 99.9999999% of the world who we want to onboard to nostr. Ecash is custodial lightning with more steps. It doesn’t solve anything for those who want easy self-custody so it’s incorrect to even bring it up.
My point is that if self custody for everyone is the goal this is going the wrong direction.
I support individual self custody for all and want to see more of the devs working on solutions that make that easier instead of another custodial solution.
I'd be working on ark right now if I were a dev, but I'm not.
Individual self custody is a great thing. It’s also unnecessary for pocket change amounts of money. Decide your own risk levels of course, what you’re comfortable losing. But it’s foolish to demand that people use 100% only self custodial solutions when they’re sure to lose more money in the process than they would leaving a few bucks on a custodial wallet or mint.
Individual full self custody zaps is at least possible with LN but isn't with ecash.
I do understand the tradeoffs, I use alby for zaps even though I run my own lightning node as anyone can look and see.
The community seems to have moved away from the idea of staging custody and security based on amount to all or nothing in the posts I read. I'm happy with staging, it is an effective and pragmatic approach. I want devs to work on making it easier to self custody smaller higher turnover amounts instead of constantly swapping out one custodial solution for another. It is an illusion of progress where there is only wasted effort.
nostr:npub12r0yjt8723ey2r035qtklhmdj90f0j6an7xnan8005jl7z5gw80qat9qrx you discovered this before it was cool. You’re a real OG🤙🏻
Yes
Zaps are a perfect usecase for ecash. You can recieve offline, and then exchange them for LN bitcoin immediately on logging in, if you don't trust the mint.
What‘s the advantage of using ecash unless users are on the same mint?
Yes bro!!!