Tim Bouma on Nostr: IMHO, #cashu is the most exciting tech to hit the net in decades. In the early days ...
IMHO, #cashu is the most exciting tech to hit the net in decades. In the early days of the web, most presentations had the obligatory ‘Internet’ slide and then presented the ‘Intranet’ as the next big thing. Boy, did they ever get that wrong. “Intranets” were a distraction while the internet (courtesy tcp/ip) at everything, including telcos… #cashu is going to eat the payment systems as we know them
Deja vu all over again…
We’re at the same point 30 years later. Now the big thing is the “CBDC” (which I call “intranet money”), supposedly the innovative successor of Bitcoin. That is dead wrong, like the “Intranet” of 30 years ago. What’s going to eat everything for payment systems? It’s going to be the #cashu protocol? How do I know? I don’t, actually, but I’ve been building on top of the protocol for almost 2 years now, and my enthusiasm has not waned; it has increased. This is not my first protocol rodeo - I witnessed first hand the takeover of tcp/ip in the industry, while experts where blah-blahing about “Intranets”
Anyway, I have the honour of being part of SEC-02 of the
Sovereign Engineering (npub1s0v…rmq5). When my boots are on the ground in #Madeira you will hear more.
Many thanks to
calle 👁️⚡👁️ (npub12rv…85vg) for the selfless leadership. An inspiration for all!
I know of a hand full of companies building products with the Cashu protocol and a couple more who are planning to.
If your company is considering to integrate Cashu hit me up and I'll consult you - free of charge of course.
Someone's got to do the pioneering work!
Published at
2024-04-12 12:02:08Event JSON
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