cashu-wallet

# Cashu Wallet **Cashu Wallet** is a lightweight, privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet powered by **Cashu ecash**. It allows you to send and receive payments instantly using the **Lightning Network** or by exchanging **ecash tokens** directly. ### 🌟 Key Features * **Bitcoin over Lightning:** Seamlessly send and receive Lightning payments. * **Cashu Ecash:** Privacy-preserving ecash tokens. * **Multi-Mint Support:** Connect to multiple mints to diversify risk or support different currencies (sats, usd, eur, etc., depending on the mint). --- ## 📦 Installation & Setup The wallet is a Node.js CLI application located in this directory. 1. **Install Dependencies:** ```bash cd cli npm install ``` 2. **Create Alias (Optional but Recommended):** To make commands easier to run, you can create an alias: ```bash alias cashu='node cli/wallet.mjs' ``` --- ## 🚀 Usage Guide All commands can be run using `node cli/wallet.mjs <command>` (or `cashu <command>` if aliased). ### 1. Managing Mints Before you can do anything, you need to trust a **Mint**. A mint exchanges Bitcoin (Lightning) for ecash tokens. * **List Mints:** View connected mints and their status. ```bash node cli/wallet.mjs mints ``` * **Add a Mint:** connect to a new mint URL. ```bash node cli/wallet.mjs add-mint https://mint.url # Example (Testnut): node cli/wallet.mjs add-mint https://testnut.cashu.space ``` ### 2. Receiving Money (In) * **...