We have seen, that the alternative is usually e-cash. Almost everyone moved from custodial Lightning to custodial e-cash. The hurdle of running a server is too high.
Bitcoin address or Bolt12 >> e-cash
Anyone worried about privacy could simply connect the addresses to a new npub, instead of the one they usually use. Nostr offers a layer of obfuscation _on top of_ the addresses.
I still use sats. Is that bad?
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Self custody is not wrong—not to disparage e-cash; it has its place.
The idea is that we put Nostr in the place of the e-cash.
Self-custody degeneracy on full display.
And this used to be a nice place.
