You try to redeem them and keep track of the mints where you can clear to a Lightning payment.
Developing story: #Cashu are not nuts.
What are they?
Read below and more news to come.
Rumours are that nuts (even the #Cashu kind) can be stored as events as nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft has recently demonstrated. We’ll confirm that when we can.
Thanks to nostr:npub1fjqqy4a93z5zsjwsfxqhc2764kvykfdyttvldkkkdera8dr78vhsmmleku for reporting from the front lines. nostr:note1ynd4ljr6lwcqx0gtt3c9g07xv5qju2qdpy364svuxk2lm6cxedtq2hj0kh
The use case I am exploring is someone who has zero physical security. They could have their phone confiscated at any moment or have to use someone else’s device. Local storage is great, but a risk in this context. That’s why storing everything as events in relays is so attractive.
I’m exploring this approach for my custodial system. Better to store encrypted events (nuts) on someone else’s relay than have in my own database. More difficult to be strongarmed.
That’s what I thought. ✅ No local device or client storage at all. In effect, the relay(s) become a blind custodian(s).
Where are the encrypted events stored?
Son 2 is making a paddle in the garage 
Keep keeping it real for us. Appreciate your candour.
Bolt12 gives me the ability to have a static QR code for an unrecognizable string. How is that better than a Lightning address that can give me a QR code for a reasonably recognizable string?
It’s a start. These things have to go through a million iterations before it’s palatable for normies. I think the kernel of the idea is sound but how to communicate, not there yet.
I gave up. I implemented a nostr nip04 challenge/response which IMHO gives sufficient security assurance without needing the hardware. Plus it makes every #nostr client and out of the box Authenticator app
I tried. Kinda worked.
It was mission success (paying with Lightning) for me in Madeira. This system is built on top of #Cashu but integrated with Lightning.
It’s all about protecting your key