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 Fedipools
• 01:51:08 Scriptable ecash
• 01:59:36 Nostr + ecash
• 02:03:52 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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Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-31