Having my silver coins seized at Chinese customs gave me a real world lesson about Bitcoin. For thousands of years, refugees and travelers had their gold and silver stolen by border agents, smugglers, and thieves.ย Seed words cannot be seized by a customs agent or get scanned by
All my Chinese silver was seized at airport customs, can't take it out of the country. A climactic end to my journey around northeast china. At least they let me ship it to my grandpa's house.
How depressing is it that shitcoin companies are creating groups funded by premined coins dumped on retail to lobby the government for more exit liquidity
Ripple is proud to support the launch of the National Cryptocurrency Association (@NatCryptoAssoc).
Over the last few years, crypto has catapulted to the mainstream. Today, 55 million Americans hold and use crypto, and many more are curious โ where, when and how can I use this
As a kid in China I had to figure out how to get American apps on Chinese iPhones to install banned VPN software. As an adult I gotta login to the Mexican app store to download Bitcoin wallets in the US ๐
๐งช Phoenix now supports BIP-353 LN addresses
To create your address (must have a channel):
- android: Settings > Experimental features
- ios: soonโข
- server: ./phoenix-cli getlnaddress
Phoenix (android/ios/server) can all send to both BIP-353 and LNURL addresses
Imagine getting arrested for donating to an activist on @Patreon. Privacy preserving methods to donate money are essential to human rights work and activism, which is why @HRF is sponsoring tools like @BtcpayServer and better Lightning wallets
#BREAKING HK nat sec police arrested 2 men aged 29 and 68 and 2 women aged 55 and 59 on Wednesday over suspicion of โproviding financial support to activities that endanger national securityโ for donating to @nathanlawkc and @tedhuichifung between Dec 2020 and Nov 2023.
I want to give a huge shoutout to @waithiraah for creating @tando_me, an app allowing anyone in Kenya to spend their Bitcoin. I'm so incredibly bullish on the future of Africa because builders like her will make FREEDOM GO UP!
Bruh I tried to buy a 30 cent bottle of water from a smart fridge but my KYC credit score is too low so it won't let me open the refrigerator to buy a bottle of water ๐คฃ
As the halving approaches, I'm remembering all the developers, early adopters, and activists who made this freedom money possible. @halfin, I wish you were still here to see the epic years ahead. Run, bitcoin, run!