Cashu Project Management

Strategic initiatives and cross-repository coordination for the Cashu ecosystem

🎯 Purpose

This repository serves as the central hub for:

• Strategic initiative tracking
• Cross-repository coordination
• Ecosystem health monitoring
• Long-term roadmap planning

Important: This repo contains NO CODE - only project management issues and documentation.

📊 How It Works

We Track Goals, Not Code

Instead of cluttering implementation repos with project management issues, we:

1. Create all initiative/epic/task issues HERE
2. Link to actual PRs/issues in implementation repos
3. Keep implementation repos focused on code

Issue Types

Label	Purpose	Example
initiative	Big picture goals	"Enable onchain Bitcoin payments"
epic	Major feature sets	"Implement Bitcoin backend for all libraries"
task	Concrete work items	"Research Bitcoin Core RPC requirements"
signal	Ecosystem metrics	"Track CDK version adoption"

🏗️ Structure

project-management/
├── initiatives/           # Strategic goal documentation
│   ├── onchain.md
│   ├── offline.md
│   └── scaling.md
├── signals/              # Ecosystem metrics we track
│   ├── mint-versions.md
│   └── wallet-adoption.md
└── .github/
    ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/   # Templates for different issue types
    └── workflows/        # Automation scripts

🎯 Active Initiatives

Onchain Bitcoin Payments - 15% Ready

Enable users to send and receive onchain Bitcoin through Cashu

Current Blockers:

• NUT-26 specification approval
• Production Bitcoin backend implementation
• Wallet UI patterns for confirmations

Tracking: Issue #1

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Offline Payment Support - 40% Ready

Allow users to receive ecash while offline

Current Blockers:

• P2PK implementation in wallets
• Sync UX patterns
• Network partition testing

Tracking: Issue #2

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1000 Active Mints - 5% Ready

Scale ecosystem to 1000+ production mints

Current Blockers:

• One-click deployment solution
• Monitoring infrastructure
• Operator documentation

Tracking: Issue #3

📋 Using This Repo

For Project Managers

1. Create initiatives for big goals using the initiative template
2. Track signals to monitor ecosystem health
3. Break down work into epics and tasks
4. Link to implementation - reference PRs/issues in other repos

For Developers

1. Check active tasks to find work that needs doing
2. Update status on tasks you're working on
3. Link your PRs to relevant tasks here
4. Report blockers so PMs can help unblock

For Mint Operators & Users

1. Watch initiatives to see what's coming
2. Comment on issues with feedback and requirements
3. Track readiness to know when features are production-ready

🏷️ Label Structure

Goal Labels

• goal:onchain - Related to onchain payments
• goal:offline - Related to offline capability
• goal:scaling - Related to ecosystem growth
• goal:ux - Related to user experience

Status Labels

• status:blocked - Waiting on something
• status:active - Being worked on
• status:ready - Ready to implement
• status:needs-owner - Needs someone to drive

Priority Labels

• P0 - Drop everything
• P1 - This sprint
• P2 - Next sprint
• P3 - Backlog

🔄 Weekly Process

Monday: Review & Plan

• Update initiative readiness scores
• Identify new blockers
• Plan week's priorities

Friday: Summarize & Communicate

• Post weekly update
• Celebrate completed work
• Share with community

🔗 Quick Links

Core Repos

• nuts - Specifications
• cdk - Rust implementation
• cashu-ts - TypeScript
• nutshell - Python

Communication

• Matrix: #cashu:matrix.org
• Telegram: @CashuBTC
• GitHub Discussions: Here

🤖 For AI Agents

This repo is designed to be AI-friendly:

• Structured issue templates with consistent fields
• Machine-readable status tracking
• Clear linking between issues and external PRs
• Weekly summaries in predictable format

Query our GraphQL API to get current status of any initiative.

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Remember: This repo is for coordination only. Actual code changes happen in implementation repositories.