Ecash on Bitcoin Ecosystem
Ecash tokens are not bitcoin, but they can be built to interoperate with bitcoin and allow users to do things that they can’t currently do with onchain bitcoin or with Lightning.
Last updated November, 2024.
CASHU WALLETS
DISCORDS
SPECS
MONETIZATION
MINT DISCOVERY
SHOPPING
VENTURE FUNDING
GUIDES
- DarthCoin’s guide for setting up a mint
- Mutiny Tutorial by BTC Sessions
- Cashu Tutorial by BTC Sessions
- Super Testnet’s guide for building your own toy Cashu implementation
- Mutiny Wallet Text Guide by @runningbitcoin on Stacker.News
- Minibits tutorial by BTC Sessions
- Enuts tutorial by BTC Sessions
- Fedi tutorial by BTC Sessions
- High Level Bitcoin Cashu Workshop
- Creating a Cashu Web Wallet with Cashu-TS
ARTICLES
- 2024-09-17 Chaumian E-Cash on Bitcoin: Banks in Cyberspace or Regulatory Capture? by teemupleb
- 2024-09-04 The Rise of E-Cash: Maybe you don’t need a Blockchain by Nicolas Dorier
- 2024-08-13 Assessing the Lightning Network’s Last-Mile Solutions by Ryan Gentry
- 2024-08-13 Fedi Combines Bitcoin and Other Freedom Tech with Community
- 2024-08-06 Fedi Launches World’s First Community Superapp by Fedi
- 2024-08-06 StarkNut 🐺🥜 – STARK proofs for Cashu protocol by Abdel
- 2024-06-14 The Emerging Bitcoin Modular Ecosystem by Alex Bergeron
- 2024-06-13 Bitcoin Case Study – Buying an Ebike with Ecash by Tony Giorgio
- 2024-06-10 Cashu: A Vision for a Bitcoin-Powered Ecash System by Shinobi
- 2024-05-30 Summarizing My Thoughts on Ecash by @sethforprivacy
- 2024-05-28 Why Can’t You Buy Ecash from a Cashu Mint? by Scoresby
- 2024-05-27 Plebdevs Theory: Cashu Gets Nuttty by @gudnuf
- 2024-05-25 Is Cashu and Bitcoin Ecash the Future? by Ian Major
- 2024-05-21 Bitcoin Fixes Ecash by Marty Bent
- 2024-04-26 FEDI – Bitcoin Made Simple, Fast and Cheap by BTC Sessions
- 2024-04-01 Alby NOSTR Wallet Connect Backend
- 2024-03-22 How to self-host your own Cashu ecash mint with Nutshell and send some ecash tokens by PastaGringo
- 2024-03-04 (Deutsch)Privatsphäre auf Bitcoin: Cashu!
- 2024-02-21 Ecash for Better Bitcoin Privacy by @maxmoney21
- 2024-02-19 Ecash and lightning via ZKCP by ajtowns
- 2024-02-09 Bitcoin Adoption Using Ecash by DarthCoin
- 2024-01-31 Building Intuition for the Cashu Blind Signature Scheme by thunderbiscuit
- 2024-01-23 Fedimint and Cashu Ecash are Gift Cards by Scoresby
- 2024-01-22 MEOW: Mint Ecash on Will by @1440000bytes
- 2024-01-21 Ecash is Self-Custodial by Tony Giorgio
- 2023-11-06 Banks Without Bankers by Eric Yakes
- 2023-11-05 Nostr: Bitcoin’s Layer 3
- 2023-09-25 How-to Guide: Running an Ecash Mint by Calle
- 2023-08-12 Bitcoin Demonimated Ecash without Custodial Risk by @moonsettler
- 2023-06-22 A Proof of Liabilities Scheme for Ecash Mints by calle
- 2023-06-12 Fedi Workshop – Bitcoin 2023
- 2022-11-08 Fedimint Uses Trust to Change Bitcoin Self Custody by Obi Nwosu
- 2022-10-18 What is Fedimint and Fedi – Scaling Bitcoin with Obi Nwosu by Juan en Cripto
- 2022-10-18 Chaumian Ecash in Bitcoin – Cashu and Fedimint by @waxwing
- 2022-07-26 Can Fedimints Help Scale Bitcoin to the World? by Alex Gladstein
- 2022-07-19 Introducing Fedi, the Global Bitcoin Adoption Technology by Obi Nwosu
- 2022-04-19 Fedimint Development Update
- 2022-04-18 Federated Chaumian Mints Overview – Bitcoin 2022 by Obi Nwosu
- 2022-04-15 Federated Chaumian Mints Provide a Way for Bitcoin Users to Distribute Trust by Marty Bent
- 2022-03-12 Fedimint – The Evolution of Bitcoin Custody by Obi Nwosu
- 2022-02-07 Blind Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (blind ecash) by Rube Somsen
- 2021-10-26 Blockstream Sponsors Federated E-Cash as a Bitcoin Scaling Technology by Kiara Bickers
- 2021-06-26 Lightning Mints by Casey Rodarmor
- Nuts and Bolts (Cashu Explainer) by @gandlaf21
- 1999-09-20 Ecash without a mint by Anonymous
- 1996-05 Micropayments and Mental Transaction Costs by Nick Szabo
- 1996-03-31 Chaumian ecash without RSA by David Wagner
- 1994-03-16 The Beauty of Ecash by Hal Finney
- 1993 Protecting Privacy with Electronic Cash by Hal Finney
PODCASTS
- 2024-11-20 Studio Twentyone Show EP2 Erik Cativo (Hoseki, Cashu): Bitcoin Design and eCash UX
- 2024-11-18 Citadel Dispatch CD144: Cashu with Calle
- 2024-10-04 What Is Money EP519 Leveling Up Humanity and Bitcoin with Obi Nwosu
- 2024-10-12 BTC++ Ecash Edition Day 2 Part 5
- 2024-10-12 BTC++ Ecash Edition Day 2 Part 4
- 2024-10-12 BTC++ Ecash Edition Day 2 Part 3
- 2024-10-12 BTC++ Ecash Edition Day 2 Part 2
- 2024-10-12 BTC++ Ecash Edition Day 2 Part 1
- 2024-10-11 BTC++ Ecash Edition Day 1
- 2024-10-11 BTC++ Ecash Edition The Second Renaissance of Ecash by Calle
- 2024-10-11 BTC++ Ecash Edition Federated Ecash Mints 101 by Eric Sirion
- 2024-10-11 BTC++ Ecash Edition Fedimint Footprints
- 2024-09-25 Bitcoin Fundamentals EP201 ecash on Bitcoin and Nostr with Calle from Cashu
- 2024-08-29 Bitcoin Takeover S15 E52 Ben Arc on the Future of Lightning, Bitcoin & Nostr
- 2024-08-28 Bitcoin Fundamentals EP197 What Are Bitcoin Fedimints? w/ Obi Nwosu & Renata Rodrigues
- 2024-08-19 TFTC EP531 Creating a Decentralized Super App with Obi Nwosu
- 2024-07-18 Bitcoin And…Podcast EP926 Nutzapped!
- 2024-05-28 What Bitcoin Did EP818
The Fight for Bitcoin with Ben Carman & Tony Giorgio - 2024-05-21 Nostr Builders Jam with DK
Boardwalk Cash, eCash, and Stablecash with Bob Scully - 2024-04-20 What Bitcoin Did EP802
A CheatCode for Payments with Natalie Brunell, Ben Arc, Calle, & Obi Nwosu - 2024-04-09 Citadel Dispatch EP124
Mutiny Wallet with Tony, Ben, and Paul - 2024-03-18 Citadel Dispatch EP 120
Bitcoin Powered Chaumian Ecash with Calle - 2024-02-28 Tokyo Citadel Builders
Thomas Szasz: The Therapeutic State part 1 - 2024-02-27 Stephan Livera Podcast EP 553
The Future of Bitcoin Banking with Eric Yakes - 2024-02-26 The Bitcoin Talk Podcast
DEEZ eNUTS: Everything you need to know about Ecash – Calle - 2024-02-22 Bitcoin Optech Podcast
Newsletter #290 Recap Podcast - 2024-02-19 Stephan Livera Podcast EP551
What’s Next for Bitcoin and Mutiny Wallet with Ben Carman - 2023-11-10 Builders on Bitcoin Radio EP04
Free and Open-Source Chaumian E-cash System for Bitcoin with Nutstash A Cashu Wallet - 2023-10-28 Bitcoin Takeover Podcast S14 E18
Lisa Neigut & Calle on Scaling Bitcoin & Free Open Source Software - 2023-10-09 Bitcoin Audible
FEATURING AI Unchained #008 – Ecash and Ai with Obi Nwosu - 2023-05-12 What Bitcoin Did EP657
How Fedimint Scales Bitcoin with Obi Nwosu - 2023-05-12 TFTC EP 419
Fedi Is Connecting Communities With Freedom Technology with Obi Nwosu - 2023-04-19 What Bitcoin Did EP647
Scaling Bitcoin Privacy with Calle - 2023-03-01 What Bitcoin Did EP625
The Future of Bitcoin Banking with Eric Yakes - 2023-01-28 Bitcoin Takeover Podcast S13 E1
Eric Sirion & Obi Nwosu on Fedimint & Fedi - 2022-09-08 What Bitcoin Did EP551
Fedimint & the Future of Bitcoin Custody with Obi Nwosu - 2022-08-13: Bitcoin Magazine Podcast
Bitcoin Fedimints Offer Privacy in Exchange for Trust and Custody - 2022-07-26 Bitcoin Audible Read 639
How Fedimint Scales Bitcoin Custody (Namcios) - 2022-07-25 TFTC EP 346
Diving into FediMint with the Fedi team - 2022-07-21 Once Bitten! EP267
@obi – Introducing A New Way To Custody #Bitcoin! - 2022-07-19: Bitcoin Fundamentals EP 87
Bitcoin Fedimint – A Decentralized Custody Protocol w/ Obi Nwosu - 2022-01-14 Bitcoin Explained EP 57
Federated Ecash with Ruben Somsen - 2021-12-16 Stephan Livera Podcast EP 331
Eric Sirion – MiniMint, Federated Mints for Bitcoin scaling and privacy - 2021-12-08 Adopting Bitcoin 2021
Improving Bitcoin Privacy with Federated E-Cash Mints by elsirion - 2021-12-01 Bitcoin Spaces Live (Bitcoin Magazine)
Federated Chaumian Mints on Lightning (Scaling Bitcoin to 10 billion people) - 2021-11-23 Citadel Dispatch EP 45
The future of mobile lightning wallets with @ericsirion, @akumaigorodski, and @fiatjaf - 2020-01-20 What Bitcoin Did EP184
Bitcoin’s Pre-History and the Cypherpunks with Aaron van Wirdum