jb55
· 96w
Random idea combining #physics and #bitcoin:
I was trying to think of a way to encode ecash so you can send it over the public internet but in a way that could not be swiped by computers, only humans...
We have this. Ecash tokens that are encoded to be received by an npub. This way you can broadcast it over a public channel and it cannot be redeemed at the mint without a signature from the recipient's private key. This way the token can even be left in long-term storage and there is no way it can be stolen because not only does it need the recipient to sign a spend authorization, once its redeemed the token is worthless. This means you can literally print a qr code on a piece of paper, send it through the mail, include it in the back of a book, put it on a billboard and it is still safe from theft.