I saw one of your tweets where you show how ecash implementation basically allows lightning nodes to receive funds with no channels or inbound liquidity. Is this already being implemented?

Couldnt this be a great way to scale custody for your everyday non-technical user? You could technically form a Bitcoin bank for your local community?

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I think ecash is like a layer 3. The mints (banks) sit on top of lightning and custody customer funds in the form of ecash tokens. It's these tokens that don't require any incoming liquidity. It's impossible to receive L2 (lightning) bitcoin without a channel being created first. That's why there's a minimum amount that must be sent to non custodial wallets like phoenix for the first incoming tx.