Tim Bouma on Nostr: FWIW, Lightning doesn’t sit on Bitcoin either. You can put it atop any chain. I get ...
FWIW, Lightning doesn’t sit on Bitcoin either. You can put it atop any chain. I get your point, but the value for Cashu (the current implementations) is due to the network effect of Lightning. And yes, like cash, they are transferable IOUs. AFAICT, I am not aware of any non-Lightning implementations of Cashu - I would call these more generically Chaumian mint implementations
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