Chris
Articles
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How are funds sent within & across federations?
Funds can be sent into and out of Fedimint federations, including from one federation to another, on the Bitcoin blockchain or via the Lightning network. While you can send funds from any federatio...
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What is multisig custody, and how does Fedi use it?
Multisig, short for multi-signature, is a method of securing bitcoin by requiring multiple private keys to authorize transactions instead of just one. Consequently, this custody model is very secur...
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How does Social Backup & Recovery work?
Social Backup & Recovery (Beta) is a feature whereby a user who loses their private keys can record and share an encrypted video file of themselves with their federation guardians. The guardians ca...
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What is a guardian?
A guardian is an individual or entity that runs a fedimint server as part of a federation. By running their respective servers, guardians act as custodians – collaboratively securing the federation...
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How do I invite others to join my space?
The simplest way to invite someone to join any space you belong to is by navigating to it on the Spaces tab and tapping the name of the space at the top of the screen, which brings up the Space Det...
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How can I request to withdraw from a Multispend group?
To request to withdraw from a Multispend group, first navigate to the relevant chat group and access the Multispend details by tapping the Multispend banner at the top of the main conversation feed...
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What is eCash?
Originally invented by cryptographer David Chaum in 1990, eCash in a Fedimint context is digital money fully backed by bitcoin and issued by federations that acts like physical cash: it can be tran...
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How do I update my federation's meta?
You can update your federation's meta by proposing a change to the meta fields in the guardian dashboard.To access the dashboard, navigate to the Fedimint UI, enter the WebSocket (WSS) link provide...
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Now that I've provisioned my server, how can I run the setup ceremony?
The setup ceremony adheres to a Leader / Follower structure where the Setup Leader inputs the consensus configuration parameters like the federation name, number of guardians, etc. and kicks off th...
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Can I receive eCash on Fedi from a Cashu mint?
eCash notes are always tied to the mint that issued them, whether that’s a Cashu mint (like eNuts or Minibits) or a Fedimint federation. Payments are kept anonymous as the notes are only exchanged ...