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NIP-88 WIP Nostr Cash
Nostr native, very simple credit/cash/cheque/token system so relays can offer minting/custodial services.
Not blinded by default, so not an ecash, but I imagine a relay could implement a blinded version.
A Nostr cash system should be versatile enough for clearnet/darknet bitcoin/shitcoin. Credits issued by "mints" will vary in quality and trust, but that's okay, users can demand certain mints, or certain payment types (such as bitcoin, where value can be redeemed immediately). Swap services will also emerge over time.
I don't understand why use this instead of Cashu, for example, which is already a simple protocol that seems to be battle-tested and used in some places.
I don't understand why use this instead of Cashu, for example, which is already a simple protocol that seems to be battle-tested and used in some places.
More because a nostr native ecash/whatever needs to be generic. Nostr is NOT bitcoin, despite them working so well together. I also worry about the type of mints you get if the electronic cash is blinded, and the regulatory issues they will have.
If Cashu can become generic in what the mint will accept, and the ecash can embed its own denomination that the wallet client can use, then I agree Cashu is a great idea (although blinded still worries me)
While nostr cash is a fun play on words, it will attract negative sentiment
A distributed mint or ledger would be useful with the following functions:
- deposit
- withdraw
- transfer
- balance
blinding is good, but optionally added on
So these functions are done via DMs instead of zaps, could it be both, I wonder.
I've always done this with a ledger table and a credit (transaction) table, which goes back to the old drupal community forge project by matslats
This formulation is not bad and I think would work. It wasnt that intuitive what active and spent were at first.
Probably a working demo and/or use cases would help. Maybe a bot with a battery that can be topped up via DM or zap, and that does something useful like paint a picture
