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How does an offline user generate an ecash token when internet is required to communicate with the mint?
You need to have your ecash tokens before hand, which can be transferred offline.
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Does one know the cost beforehand?
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yes, it would display a price in sats
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Of course the user would know the price of the TollGate they are communicating with. But at that point, they are offline and unable to generate another ecash token if there is a price mismatch.
I'm asking about when the user is online and preparing to go offline. How does the user know what size ecash token to make beforehand? Are all TollGates the same price? Is that price fixed?
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you can generate an offline token, offline, for any amount using most cashu wallets (eg minibits)
an early version of tollgate did require old style tokens (amount is a factor of 2), pretty sure that's resolved now
operator sets the price. amount you pay is the amount you get
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you can generate an offline token, offline, for any amount using most cashu wallets (eg minibits)
Did not know this. TIL, thanks.
an early version of tollgate did require old style tokens (amount is a factor of 2), pretty sure that's resolved now
I just tried this with the latest release of minibits. I was able to generate an ecash token offline, but still only in powers of 2. Pretty cool feature with a weird limitation. Is it possible to get trustless change?
You carry enough money (Ecash) for a few expenses: a couple of meals, a few coffees, a couple of hours of TolGate connection... The usual. :-)
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