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@ Marc
2025-03-28 20:47:40
I used to give people sats by using https://tipcards.io/
It's great. They have a Wallet of Satoshi tutorial. The problem is wallet of Satoshi is not available to normies in the United States anymore. Normies aren't getting an apk for Phoenix wallet on GitHub. To think otherwise is not a realistic.
After the WOS ban, many of the early nostr people left because they didn't have an alternative lightning wallet. Cashu gives us more options than the Custodial alternatives.
I started making Cashu Cards https://github.com/Marc26z/CashuCards because cashu is interoperable with many different wallets. If one wallet decides to pull out of the United States, other wallets will still be available. That's why I like it. Even though I am a super-geeky lightning node runner myself, my wife would punch me in the face if I made her run her own lightning node. So would most other people.
#Cashu enables offline bitcoin payments. That's really cool for small amounts. It's like zaps in meatspace. Nobody's telling you to put your life savings in Cashu, but it's awesome tech. It could also work with fiat gift cards. Chaumian e-cash was almost used with fiat in the 90's. The 90's are back in style. Make ecash great again!