so a mint can choose to not give you sats when you give it the cashu tokens? thats the rug pull? the token itself is with you (non-custodial) but it may be worthless token when the mint chooses to rug?
Exactly
if a mint does fractional reserve minting then noone will notice!
Yes, it has that in common with any custodial service. There is hope: https://gist.github.com/callebtc/ed5228d1d8cbaade0104db5d1cf63939
The liquid federation does provide a constant proof of reserves. This can prevent a slow rug pull but not a fast one. Of course it cannot provide the privacy that a Chaumian mint can provide.
When will this be in production?