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Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 1 year ago
@npub1ex7m...vyt9 is now available in the UK. Strike can be used for Zaps, both receiving and sending. Strike is also my favorite way to buy bitcoin. I use the send "cash" feature. I send "cash" directly from my bank account into my Lightning wallet by sending to my Lightning address. It makes stacking sats incredibly easy. You can also setup DCA purchases if that's more your thing too. I've been using Strike for years and highly recommend this app. Why? The UI is slick and simple. Plus, @npub1cn4t...3vle is an incredible human that also goes into the trenches and does tech support, directly helping his users. Most Bitcoin exchange founders aren't going to do that. I love the work ethic. Enough shilling πŸ₯Ή I am just happy to see the UK finally get access to Strike.

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Mabardino πŸ€ 1 year ago
the claimed reasoning is that these are high risk assets and you might be impulse buying so they make you think twice about it. i forgot to say before this cooldown period I had to answer a survey and say that bitcoin is a high risk asset and that I won't be investing more than 10% of my networth into it 🀣🀣
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npub1pktm...pxa6 1 year ago
Yup UK regs are wild. I just wanted to see the UX, I paused and shut the app when it asked for my passport. I already gave them and verified an email and might have given them permission to advertise to me had I missed the toggle that does NOT look like a checkbox πŸ˜“ Dunno, feels like the order could change, maybe an agenda? 😁
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Nick Berlin kup@nostr.theorangepillapp.com 1 year ago
> I send "cash" directly from my bank account into my Lightning wallet by sending to my Lightning address. How do you do this? I’m probably missing nuance, but does your bank have this feature somehow? Why is β€œcash” in quotes?
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npub1nq90...pwqf 1 year ago
Nicely Said, it is my favourite way to Dca, every day!! Here here!!
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ChrisoπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ¦˜βš‘οΈ chriso@nostrpurple.com 1 year ago
πŸ’― Orange pilled someone while on vacation and went straight to the β€œStrike” and Jack Mallers examples of why Strike/Bitcoin is better than Western Union for moving funds across borders. The guy actually knew about bitcoin but didn’t know you could transact with it. Funny thing was he was in the credit card processing business a few years back but never had heard of lightning. Should have seen him and his buddy’s faces when I demonstrated lightning with them. 😳
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npub17fnz...5ksh 1 year ago
If KYC is within your risk tolerance, @npub1ex7m...vyt9 is amazing. When it first was released, there wasn't any marketing around "self stacking"; it was all focused on payments and P2P txns. So imagine my surprise when I gave it a shot and went from having no Strike account, to receiving a successful LN payment to my node in ~5 minutes! Been spending a few seconds a day stacking that way 🀣
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
@npub1ex7m...vyt9 is now available in the UK. Strike can be used for Zaps, both receiving and sending. Strike is also my favorite way to buy bitcoin. I use the send "cash" feature. I send "cash" directly from my bank account into my Lightning wallet by sending to my Lightning address. It makes stacking sats incredibly easy. You can also setup DCA purchases if that's more your thing too. I've been using Strike for years and highly recommend this app. Why? The UI is slick and simple. Plus, @npub1cn4t...3vle is an incredible human that also goes into the trenches and does tech support, directly helping his users. Most Bitcoin exchange founders aren't going to do that. I love the work ethic. Enough shilling πŸ₯Ή I am just happy to see the UK finally get access to Strike.
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berean jones berean@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
Yuck Immediately after the 'enter your email address and get validation code' sequence comes the 'tell our partner everything about you and upload your primary id documents' sequence. I don't get it. How is strike any different than other fintech dabbling in kyc bitcoin, apart from media persona that he built alongside? image
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Uxellodunum uxellodunum@proxymana.net 1 year ago
Let's pour our PII into yet another centralized organization that likely also outsources that custody of said PII to a third-party due to regulations - As if we've learnt nothing over the years, decades. There WILL be a leak given a long enough timeframe. I understand lightning custodial solutions as a transitional solution, but encouraging KYC... That's low.
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