lot's of excitement about Pablo's invention and I'm excited too!

quick reality check: Cashu is an improvement of custodial Bitcoin. Beware of the custodial risk you're taking. Don't trust unknown random mints. You have the option to use only a single mint that you trust. you have the option to use WoS or Alby. you can use fedimint for a more resilient ecash setup. you can use liquid. you can use non-custodial Lightning on your phone. or you can run a node on your own server. it's all about the fact that, with Bitcoin, you do have the choice.

be careful. use custodians with great caution. make your choices consciously. not your keys, not your coins. self-custody is always king.

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The key take away here is that we have a plethora of choices at our disposal now and we should use whichever works for us.

This kind of honesty is why cashu is awesome!

Optionality is key 🫡

Very well said

Really bugs me how some people are picking fights with ecash pretending this is some dirty secret that ecash devs are hiding, considering how up front you are (and have always been) about it.

Is someone working on an Umbrel app to spin up a Cashu mint with one click?

The lack of trust leads to centralization. This is a space that businesses will eventually capture.

The difference is that the current system doesn’t allow for choice. Custody isn’t evil, denying choice is.

Sound reminder. Individual use of bitcoin is a steady progression toward self sovereignty

Any literature you would recommend to understand better what is Pablo's invention? And also some about Cashu, ecash, Fedimint? I'm a bit lost 😅

cashu.space > resources

sorry, docs.cashu.space > resources

Thanks mate 👍

Solving self-custody should be the goal. Ecash is a waste of time of it doesn't have a clear path to that end.