I still don’t get the point of mints and nuts. 🤷♂️
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Ask llm?
Apparently privacy - no relational metadata leak. Can work purely offline. No channels to open.
So says LLM.
This doesn’t answer my question, and LLM is full of shot too regarding these topics
You are issued an IOU via blind signature without knowing your identity. Nuts are just name for cashu e-cash. Llm description very accurate as far as I can tell.
The way of sending sats very fast and privately?
A flakey solution for a problem it’s still trying to find if it exists, and requires more trust than I’m willing part with.
If you don't you either don't need it or don't want it. Both cases are valid.
@The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2025 is the year people are trying to normalise trade-offs, trust and using Bitcoin as a digital photo album. FFS we even paste private keys into random web-forms because, why not. Why do I need opsec and Bitcoin anyway?
"A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash…” an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing parties to transact without a trusted third party.
Its basically a system of poker chips where trading a chip involves you sending the chip to the mint, they do a new DHKE and give you a new chip