<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>brunswick wrote</title><author_name>brunswick (npub1c8…q6lkc)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1c856kwjk524kef97hazw5e9jlkjq4333r6yxh2rtgefpd894ddpsmq6lkc</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>It should be thought of as matters of degree of custody, degree of risk tolerance, separation of concerns and asymmetry of incentives.&#xA;&#xA;The mint operator is incentivized to keep honest in order to continue receiving lightning revenues. One should not possess more than a few thousand sats in a cashu mint, or whatever amount you are tolerant to risk. You can offload your excessive balance into a self-custodial lightning wallet, such as Zeus. If you are a serious user, you can run your own mint - even one on your phone connected to your own lightning channels.&#xA;&#xA;For onboarding users, using a centralized mint should be sufficient - because firstly, you aren&#39;t advocating any particular mint, and secondly, a new user shouldn&#39;t need to worry about self custody right out the gate because it&#39;s complicated, and thirdly, moving to true self-custody is part of the learning experience.&#xA;&#xA;nostr:nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7gwae9u&#39;s notion of creating Bitcoin wallets from the same seed as the nostr nsec does not solve the self-custody problem because self custody is more than &#34;going on-chain&#34; it is primarily to understand how to keep your keys secure. A new user will not know how to do that right-out-the-gate, therefore expect a new user&#39;s nsec is probably also throw-away. &#xA;&#xA;Cashu solves the onboarding problem and this is why nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcprfmhxue69uhhxetwv35hgtnwdaekvmrpwfjjucm0d5hs592xhz , maybe one of the best mobile wallets out there, has also chosen it as an onboarding pathway. </html></oembed>