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I’m still a lightning maxi personally, at least until there’s a new L2 that makes offchain self custody even easier. ecash is not a self custody solution so it’s not that interesting to me.

If people want to push it as a custodial lightning alternative then fine, it is slightly better for that use case.

Colby Serpa 1y ago

I think ecash is a distraction from the mission of scaling Lightning and interoperable LSPs.

LSPs can be regulated just as easily as nostr relays — not as resilient as P2P Lightning — but for now, LSPs are the best option we have around the liquidity issues of Lightning.

Would be neat if I could switch LSPs in my nostr app like I do my list of relays.

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kidwarp 1y ago

How many lsp are there now?

Colby Serpa 1y ago

Great question. I have no idea. 🤷‍♂️

kidwarp 1y ago

Me either 🤷🏻‍♂️

Colby Serpa 1y ago

Imagine if every Nostr relay had an LSP built-in. 🤔⚡️

kidwarp 1y ago

Can’t we easily do an ecash mint in every relay now?

Colby Serpa 1y ago

Yeah, but the entire point of the thread is how ecash is custodial by nature… it’s a distraction from the main mission of removing trusted third parties.

kidwarp 1y ago

But if we each have our own really & mint…

Or am I retarded…

Duck Nebuchadnezzar 1y ago

Wouldn't switching LSPs require on-chain activity?

Colby Serpa 1y ago

Yeah, to open a channel with a new LSP — but this is the cost of non-custodial.

High Heel King 1y ago

Hence why many people will opt for the low cost and convenicne of custodial services