It doesn't solve anything. Tools don't solve problems, people do. And #ecash is just a tool.
You can give someone that has never used bitcoin, a few pennies worth of ecash bitcoin to play with on the lightning network.
They can pay a lightning invoice. They can send bitcoin to a lightning address. They can zap people on nostr with it. They can try out NWC using cashu.me. They can perhaps receive a zap or two and get that experience too.
They won't need to install any apps, do any KYC, or provide an email address before being allowed to use it.
And maybe, just maybe, they may think this whole Bitcoin lightning shit is pretty cool and start buying some Bitcoin themselves, set up a non-custodial lightning wallet etc, etc,etc.
It's not like anyone's talking about putting your life savings into ecash. However, it sure as hell is the easiest way for someone to use ten cents worth of bitcoin for the first time.
Manánguri
npub150…2dhlu
2024-07-07 05:56:07
in reply to nevent1q…ly7h
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2024-07-07 05:56:07Event JSON
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