Remember, if you were using lightning on your own, you would have to either be running your own node or be using another.

Each mint runs its own, and you can connect to several. When you send eCash to another, they become a "member" of that mint. They can swap the eCash for another mint or just hold/use the eCash there.

Swapping mints requires a lightning transaction.

So generally, it begins to simplify the process more for the end user.

Still a little technical. But it's getting easier. 

 😵‍💫 I can't see which sats are ecash protocol vs xec token vs btc-lightening in my wallet! Ha ha ha I know that's wrong. This is like when banks issued their own private currencies.
https://daily.jstor.org/banks-own-private-currencies-in-19th-century-america/ 

 Pretty much. Everyone can issue their own now and can build trust in their community.

Love it! 

 I have now moved LN sats between wallets. Still can't see how to get off L2 and move those Sats to L1 Bitcoin with low fees. 

 If you are okay with KYC you can lightninng to Strike and then move to on-chain at zero fees.

Or, at least, I believe you have to KYC.

https://m.primal.net/HqYg.png