nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg what does cashu need to go into the stratosphere? Client adoption? New wallets? Existing wallet adoption? More mints? Guides on how to use it?
Discussion
It needs nostr. I can think of a few things that I would like see in cashu wallets
- Mint discovery like the one Mutiny added for Fedimint
- The ability to rate and recommend mints to your followers
- The ability to DM your contacts, request, send cashu tokens in the same UI
- Connection to mints using nostr, ie, instead of connecting to a mint using its URL, you would connect to it using its npub or nprofile. That makes the mints much harder to shut down for governments, ISPs and also prevents you from exposing your IP to the mint, which can negate the privacy benefits of using it
- Backup mints (URLs or npubs) using relays and private notes
Of course these things are not guaranteed to make cashu an overnight success, but seem like good ideas
Most importantly, time and funding.
If I could make wishes, I would choose
- Integration into non-custodial LN wallets
- Focus dev on CDK and a Rust mint
- More integration with nostr (sending, receiving, mint discovery in apps, ...)
- One big company that adopts it
And nut zaps
What might adoption by a company look like?
Just thinking out loud: Someone like Strike or CashApp integrating Cashu as an "ecash balance" into their wallet, separate from the normal balance. With the ecash balance you can pay anonymously, pay and receive offline, send money via iMessage, or via Bluetooth / NFC.
Doesn't need to be cross-compatible with the broader protocol even. One mint for all their users, that's it.
Long shot but I’ll tag nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle nostr:npub1cashappn03s3cl2ljsdntv0v28e2um5lgx4vjctqjt23pcwzjhsqmtdg5l not sure who else works at cashapp here.
If it was easy to send some nuts to a normie non-Bitcoiner, non-Nostr friend and make it trivial for them to discover a wallet and receive the nuts? I'm thinking via email, legacy social media DM, SMS etc.Theny can discover BTC and Nostr from there.
I think they’d need a nostr address 🤔
Any way to gift and claim?
