Cake supports buying with fiat.

As importantly, #Nostr doesn't have the problem of pumping its users full of algorithmic content, designed by broligarchs trying to push their far-right agenda, and call that "free speech". Nostr *is* free speech. #freedom #permissionless

We need to get him on Nostr! 😎

Worth installing , if you haven’t already. Create a new #Monero wallet and click the Buy option to see what options are available.

Great info, thanks. I think based on everything that you (and others in this discussion) have said, I'm probably leaning towards an . Though I wouldn't be entirely surprised if I ended up getting both. 😎

Another argument against #cashu for me used to be "ugh, it's just like reimplementing the banking system on #Bitcoin!" It's not. First, cashu offers extreme privacy guarantees. Possibly even better than #Monero. (Side note: I love Monero.) Second, it's #permissionless. Third, cashu bearer tokens can be passed as data, allowing all sorts of programmable money use cases. Banking will never be any of this.

Awkard truth #2: Layer 2's won't solve the problem of high #Bitcoin transaction fees either. *Somebody* has to keep fuelling the miners with economically inefficient fees, to keep the network secure. But there's a name for businesses that dramatically raise their prices for the same offering, in a market full of battle-tested alternatives: bankrupt.

I'm not convinced by your reasoning for requiring phone numbers. It seems to wholly undermine the no-KYC claim, regardless of what promises you make about who can and can't see it. (And requiring an anonymous SIM to preserve privacy is a hassle.) Have you considered, eg charging 5-10k sats or something, as an alternative to providing a phone number? #bitcoin #privacy

Awkward truth: A high-fee environment for #Bitcoin will be terrible for Bitcoin in the same way as a high-fee environment for anything else. If you (inevitably, in Bitcoin's case) significantly raise your prices (transaction fees) without also offering significantly more value in return, users will flock to #Monero and other low-fee tools that already are way faster, way cheaper, and offer unparalleled privacy and sovereignty. Will that persuade the maxis to change their minds? Trick question. Nobody cares.

Finally tried for the first time today. Very cool. The way an app store should be: #permissionless Powered by your social graph. Supports making direct payments to developers, with zero fees taken by the app store. Some days (most days?) using Nostr feels like living 10-20 years in the future. #grownostr

Thanks . And thanks for the zap. Your writing lately is absolutely excellent. I always look forward to new articles from you. Onward! 🫡

I'll add: Decentralisation breaks the "Orient" part of the OODA loop as well. When, instead of a single server operator, you have hundreds, thousands - or even millions - which one do you target? #cypherpunk #decentralised

For self-hosting: If you don't use an #Umbrel or #Start9, what is your preferred (DIY?) alternative? #asknostr #selfhosted