I thought cashu supported NWC. Could of swore calle showed me a demo if this
This is true, but a couple dozen Cashu mints that require no authentication or KYC already exist: https://bitcoinmints.com/?tab=mints
NWC is only used by Alby AFAIK. The only reason to favor Cashu is the current ecosystem that supports instant anonymous wallets.
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Some wallets support it, not the cashu protocol itself