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
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Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera