Oddbean new post about login | logout What kind of information do you look for when choosing an ecash mint? When you look at the list on https://bitcoinmints.com what do you find helpful? What is missing?
Established at block height such and such https://image.nostr.build/07aa518edbedf26a78d3b462367ea97ac23911301ef2704bcbbb56a8f5c560db.jpg
Expected lifetime, or end of maintenance or planned shutdown date. Probably specified nowhere yet at mints, but I think ecash and mints are by nature fleeting, and such a mechanism should probably exist. Maybe some sort of web of trust score, or previous record of mint manager if available
The only criteria and therefore the reason I won't use that website for me is fist-reach-custody. If I don't personally know the custodians, I won't use it for my daily driver. But as a data point to add to the website: Who custodies the corn?
