Okay, I haven't seen this asked yet so I'm going to ask what may lead to some interesting discussion... :vegetasmirk:

Long-term, what'll differentiate #cashu and #Ark, and more importantly what might make one more preferable to the other? If that's the wrong way to view it, what'll make them complement each other?

Ark VTXOs seem to be very similar to ecash tokens.

Both rely on #Lightning for interoperability/communication with other nodes.

The main differences I see so far are:

- Ark interfaces with on-chain, cashu doesn't need to.

- Ark is self-custodied while cashu is not.

I can make some opinionated remarks as to which I could prefer long-term, but what the general vibe?

#Bitcoin