BR031 Cashu & Fedimint: ecash, Bitcoin's layer 3 & scalability ft. Calle, E Sirion, Rijndael & Odell

I’m joined by guests Calle, Eric Sirion, Odell and Rijndael to discuss ecash.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:01:30 Guest introductions

• 00:02:59 Chaumian ecash origins

• 00:08:04 ecash integration with monetary networks

• 00:13:49 Technicals of ecash

• 00:23:17 Supply and auditability

• 00:27:07 Is ecash the third layer of Bitcoin?

• 00:33:48 Cashu

• 00:38:12 Fedimint

• 00:45:09 Federated signing and sovling the double spend problem

• 00:51:26 Fedimint tradeoffs

• 00:55:24 How does the federation work?

• 00:57:34 Fedimint denomications problem

• 00:58:44 How is a federation formed?

• 01:03:49 Comparing Fedimint to liquid

• 01:07:55 Ease of use setting up a mint

• 01:10:14 Running a federation/setting up a mint

• 01:18:26 The open source movement

• 01:24:03 Proof of reserves in ecash

• 01:39:35 Onchain vs lightning mints

• 01:42:21 Auditability and proof of liabilities

• 01:45:04 Fedipools01:51:08 Scriptable ecash

• 01:59:36 Nostr + ecash02:03:52 Naming ecash units of account

• 02:06:26 ecash integration and intercompatability

• 02:11:49 Final thoughts

Notes & Resources

• Fallacies of distributed computing [Wikipedia]

• Fedipool: Fedimint Could Mitigate Bitcoin Mining Pool Concerns [Odell]

• Fedimint [Website]/ [Github]

• Fedimint Primer [Bitcoin Design]

• Cashu [Website]/[Github]

• Nutstash

• eCash for Better Bitcoin Privacy [MAX MONEY 21M]

• Cashu Tutorial - Chaumian Ecash On Bitcoin [BTC Sessions]

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