Lightning + Ecash An Atomic Match Made in Heaven | Bitcoin 2026
Lightning solved Bitcoin payments, but it has a last-mile problem. At Bitcoin 2026, Shinobi of Bitcoin Magazine moderates a panel with Alex Lewin of Fedi, Evan Kaloudis of ZEUS, and Erik Cativo of Cashu on why ecash has become the perfect partner for Lightning. The conversation covers ZEUS's new Graduated Wallet, the Cashu vs Fedimint design trade-offs, multi-mint and multi-nut payments, and a sharp critique of why Spark and Ark fall short on privacy.Use code BM10 to get 10% off Bitcoin 2027 Conference in Nashville: https://2027.b.tc
🔶 Moderator: Shinobi - Bitcoin Magazine
🔶 Erik Cativo - Cashu
🔶 Evan Kaloudis - ZEUS
🔶 Alex Lewin - Fedi
Chapters:
0:53 — The latest Bitcoin "fork" announcement — ecash.com
1:19 — Why Lightning and ecash have meshed so tightly together
1:44 — Alex Lewin on Lightning's last-mile UX problem
2:35 — Evan Kaloudis introduces the new ZEUS Graduated Wallet v13
3:54 — The 6,000 cashew bills printed for the conference
5:11 — Erik Cativo on the user experience reality of self-custody
7:20 — Fedi vs Cashu: federated guardians vs single-operator mints
8:38 — Cashu's agility and the multi-mint resiliency model
9:30 — How multi-nut payments abstract spread-out balances from the user
10:47 — Inside Fedimint's fault-tolerant federated custody design
12:06 — The legal gray area of running ecash mints in the US
13:23 — ZEUS's nostr web-of-trust mint selection algorithm
14:41 — Where ecash fits in a world of Spark and Ark last-mile solutions
15:33 — Why Spark and Ark hit brick walls on privacy and UX
17:18 — The VTXO refresh problem and design challenges with Ark
18:35 — Spark's "legal gymnastics" and the key-deletion trust assumption
20:20 — Privacy as a practical defense against selective censorship
21:42 — Closing: Fedi, ZEUS, and Cashu booth pitches
22:33 — Shinobi's call to free Keonne, free Hill, and end privacy dev prosecutions
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