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17 sats \ 19 replies \ @MarsIronPI 29 May \ parent \ on: Why can't you buy ecash from a Cashu mint? bitcoin
I'd say it's "soft pegged" to Bitcoin. Ideally it wouldn't deviate, but some issuers might be dishonest.
You're just making up words now as you grasp at straws
It's either pegged or it isn't... and it isn't
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Fair enough. It's nominally pegged, but yes, you are trusting the mint to actually have something to redeem. The advantage over regular custody like WoS is that the mint doesn't have as much information about you.
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It's a promissory note, nothing more.
The advantage over regular custody like WoS
IT IS REGULAR CUSTODY
WoS is that the mint doesn't have as much information about you
Wrong, WoS only knows what you tell them. Same is true of shitmints
ECash's only advantages are to spooks and scammers, not users.
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It's a promissory note, nothing more.
Yes. And @Scoresby's original point is that at least you have a promissory note instead of just hoping that WoS keeps your database entry.
Wrong, WoS only knows what you tell them. Same is true of shitmints
No, WoS knows your balance because you have an account with them. A mint doesn't even have a concept of an "account". All it deals with is tokens. It doesn't know who has what tokens.
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at least you have a promissory note
There's 0 difference, but this asinine standard the signed SSL packet with a balance response from WoS is also prom note
A mint doesn't even have a concept of an "account"
Wrong, every creation event is subject to the attacks I already mentioned. This also ignores the fact that WoS keys can be ephemeral, you can have 1 or many, they only know what you tell them.
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Regarding WoS keys, they'd also be subject to analysis attacks similar to the ones you describe.
Regarding mints, WoS keys are always linked to a balance. Mint tokens require a lot of work to associate, if it's possible at all.
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linked to a balance
PARTS of a balance, not necessarily a whole balance, not unlike each new minting event
Mint sees what channel sats came into and how much, it sees when they go out and how much... same thing WoS sees... the arbitrary numbers on a token or in a record are equal
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OK, so do you admit that ecash isn't worse than WoS?