Cashu is an eCash system built on Lightning. Its main purpose is to offer more privacy to users of custodial Lightning wallets by anonymizing tokens. I think it was mainly developed by @calle
Find the reference implementation here:
I think a lot of cool things can be built with Cashu, and it would be nice if more custodial LN services would make use of it.
In the process of playing around with Cashu, I ended up developing a couple of things:
- A JavaScript library that simplifies interaction with the cashu Mint:
- A Browser based Wallet, that can interact with multiple mints:
I will drop some tokens here, you can go to https://cashu-wallet.vercel.app/ , add my mint (it's already prefilled in the input field), and recieve the tokens. In order to spend them on the Lightning network, you have to melt them.
Disclaimer: If you use my Mint, I am the central bank. Please, if you play with your own sats, consider them lost. The software is probably still very buggy and sats may be lost due to errors. If you want to play around with your own sats, then I recommend adding your own mint, then you should be fine.
Thanks for trying it! Please let me know if you encounter any bugs