Chaumian e-cash is a predecessor idea to Bitcoin. Listen in to Stephan and Eric Sirion (elsirion) discuss the idea of federated mints and this particular idea of MiniMint. Eric’s research is being sponsored by Blockstream. This idea may offer even more privacy and scalability for Bitcoin users, but with some custodial and trust trade offs.
- How it works
- Custodial trade offs and who should use it
- How lightning works
- Deposits, withdrawals and internal transfers
- Community custody
Links:
- Twitter: @EricSirion
- Telegram: FediMint Telegram Chat Group
- Site: FediMint
- Github: https://github.com/fedimint/minimint
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Hodl Hodl Lend
- Compass Mining
- Braiins.com
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
- Show notes and website
- Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
- Subscribe to the podcast
- Patreon @stephanlivera