Heading to Bristol over the weekend, any BTC spots I should try and check out? Thinking ☕ and 🍺
Ian Forbes
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Prosperity in the information age, economics + built environment. Tinkering @btchpiuk
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BTC adoption feedback loops
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Seeing a building project under construction as a bitcoiner...
What were interest rates when it was on the drawing board?
What will they be when it completes? 🤷♂️
The fiat standard is madness.
How Brits can save time and money on P2P #Bitcoin trades in 2023. 🇬🇧
Which tools give you access to more peers with better offers?
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Why trade P2P? 🤝
P2P trading provides privacy benefits over centralised exchanges.
As the risks with the KYC process become better understood, P2P platforms are set to grow.
Further exchange bans from banks will also boost adoption (see
StarlingBank)
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Where to start?
Peach, HodlHodl, Bisq, and RoboSats are well-known P2P platforms.
Peach and HodlHodl are particularly easy for new P2P traders.
That said, finding peers in the UK is often a waiting game. ⏰
Order books are thin, and trade premiums can be high. 🫰
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Enter Revolut, a multicurrency neobank with excellent exchange rates. 🏦
It's simple and free to deposit GBP 💷 via Faster Payment bank transfers or a debit card.
The option to swap from GBP 💷 to EUR 💶 instantly (with no fees) opens up BTCEUR offers on P2P platforms.
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Regardless of which P2P platform you browse:
• BTCEUR order books are deeper.
• Lower trade premiums are available.
It's no surprise, there's a total population of ~67 million with Sterling 💷 compared to ~340 million people with the Euro 💶. (5x)
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As an example, check out Hodl Hodl earlier this month as a buyer:
💷 Faster Payments (GBP)
• 2 offers, best price £24,973 (€28,181) / BTC
💶 Revolut (EUR)
• 12 offers, best price €26,290 (£23,320) / BTC
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Trading #Bitcoin P2P is sure to become a more popular option in the future.
For now, with more offers and lower premiums, BTCEUR order books are better than BTCGBP.
Try using Revolut as an easy way to find more peers on your favourite P2P platform: https://revolut.ngih.net/c/4243721/1471631/9626
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For peers who aren't in a hurry, consider posting some trade offers in GBP to improve order books for other Brits. 🇬🇧
To compare order books for all four platforms mentioned, check out the full article here: 
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Ian Forbes
How Brits can optimise P2P Bitcoin trading in 2023
Access BTCEUR offers on peer-to-peer order books with no fees via Revolut.
Are threads on #nostr a thing?
Sad to hear about Bottlepay ☠️
It was a slick app for Brits 🇬🇧
Check out Unhook for a zen YouTube experience, no clickbait in sight.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid
Sending notes from Snort on the Umbrel.
Actions backing up nicely on the private relay.
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Playing around with Ghostfolio on the umbrel, very slick indeed.
Been on the look out for a new portfolio app ever since blockfolio was acquired by FTX and rugged everybody...
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Noice
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Interviewed a friend of mine earlier in the week about his approach to building wealth over the last 20 years in London. 🇬🇧
Some insights on how a real estate veteran sees BTC: 
Ian Forbes
Building wealth in London: from buy-to-let to Bitcoin
An interview with Rahul Shah, mortgage and property finance expert. Insights on investing and building wealth over the last 20 years.
"Humanity's greatest ally is the self-educated individual who has read, understood, delays their gratification, and walks around with their eyes wide open."
First watched this doc. back in 2013 and it's aged very well.
BTCUSD hiding in plain sight in the Evening Standard.
What market cap will it be removed, $2T, $5T?
