Hurray! Taproot Assets are available on mainnet!

Prepaid debit cards purchased with #Bitcoin  are no substitution for merchant adoption, as I’m currently painfully reminded of. They are unpredictable, usually non-reloadable, not widely accepted, have close to zero customer support and may cause serious loss of funds. Be warned!

Tonight @Anasosadances organized an incredibly cool dancing performance and party. Sats were accepts for tickets online, at the door, at the bar and there was a small clothing shop on location that took sats, too! Vancouver is leading the way!

This Saturday, @Anasosadances is organizing a fantastic dance performance and party in Vancouver! You can get tickets directly with sats here, the bar will also take #Bitcoin!

Evolver

I don’t use a bank account, but I did experiment with various debit cards in the past months, including on trips to the U.S. Coming from a Lightning background into Fintech, it’s shocking to see how bad user experiences can be in the “legacy” world of payments, how much interfaces differ, how many systems exist and how poorly they interface. Already today, despite all its shortcomings, I’d say the Lightning user experience is already better than that of debit cards, and will within two years surpass legacy networks in a way that’s obvious to everyone.

Got a Bitcoin debit card from Bitrefill, can’t add it to Apple Pay, can’t use it online. Bitrefill customer support tells me to talk to the card issuer, who tell me to contact the vendor (Bitrefill). Not sure what to do next? Merchant’s error is interesting: “Error: credit card validation failed: country of the provided card does not match the country specified on registration.” 100% sure it’s a US card, registered to a US address, used with US merchants. Any ideas, nostriches?

Wow, didn't expect to see the South China Morning Post cover Nostr today, mentioning NIPs, Fiatjaf, @Edward Snowden @gsovereignty and @Sherry

South China Morning Post

A decentralised ‘super app’ backed by Jack Dorsey sees rising interest in China

The Nostr social media protocol has elicited such enthusiasm in users that there are dedicated podcasts, newsletters and conferences, including in ...

I'll be at the Seattle Bitcoin Meetup tomorrow evening! Maybe I’ll find some nostriches there!

Meetup

Bitcoin and Beer Gathering, Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Join us for a beer, & grow your network of sovereign Bitcoiner folk in the Upper Left of the country. The CEO of Bitcoin has declared that beers (a...

The next frontiers for #Bitcoin communities: 1) Make Bitcoin a central part of your community. Only meet in venues that take sats, and only take sats yourself for tickets, drinks and swag. No more free stuff! Consider your community to be part of an elite beta testing unit tasked with finding bugs and issues. Report back to your favorite projects with improvements, ideas and code. 2) Turn around and work with the community around you. Be humble, listen and think about how Bitcoin can directly improve the lives of those around you. Introduce them to your community, invite them to your great experiment, give help, be supportive and again, report back to your favorite projects with improvements, ideas and code. The masses won't adopt Bitcoin before we do! Let's get Bitcoin ready for the big day!

Cars that honk when you look them are a bigger threat to civilization than “illegal” migration

I befriended this colorful bird today

I’m definitely in some kind of cult

ÖBB

Getting served gumbo late night in some tiny dive bar is definitely one of those better feelings in life

Incredible building, the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Surreal. Tried to pay at a store, debit card declined, I offered cash, the clerk said it’s policy to let me have the drink for free as after-hours they don’t accept cash. I said something something #Bitcoin , the clerk lit up, showed me his Chivo wallet and I tipped him $5 over Lightning⚡️.

I’ll be at #Tabconf! I keep telling people it will be my last Bitcoin conference, and I’m not sure I can keep that promise, but for the coming future I’ll definitely want to prioritize events of local communities that put *using* Bitcoin into the foreground of their event.

Each Lightning node is a constantly evolving organism. There are a few exogenous pressure points, and over time evolutionary pressure will form a robust network made up of proven operators and their tools. Adapt, upgrade, manage.

The answer of course is that my phone is out of date. It’s not even eight years old! Wtf View quoted note →

Am I on the wrong Testflight? How did this happen? How can I fix it?