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The whole point of ecash is not having to deal with the complexities of running your own LN node and having a large crowd to hide among. Everyone can't run their own mint or it wouldn't work.

The only time ecash makes sense is *if you were going to use a custodian anyway* then it is a strict improvement.

But in the context of the core advantages Bitcoin was supposed to provide, outlined very clearly in the white paper, transacting without intermediaries, it is almost a non-sequitur to bring up ecash