I have to take your word for it in regards to the technical security. But it still looks like a mint runs on top of a lightning wallet, which has the risks of screwing up something and losing lightning funds *and* the risk of screwing up the mint (I have lost small amounts to mint bugs or operator error).

It never occurred to me that custodial lightning wallet could lie about "issuance". I suppose they could in a Ponzi kind of way, siphoning funds as a "slow rug". I think you have a point. 

I'm trying to think through some of the privacy and anti- censorship benefits. If there's a list somewhere or a podcast where you discussed it, I'm very interested. I'm very optimistic, but also don't see it as a scaling panacea. 

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