I was at the grocery store…

By SLCW in bitcoin on

I was at the grocery store this morning when I noticed this. It's one of those Coinstar kiosks that converts loose change into cash. Well, this one is upgraded, and it allows you to convert your change into sats, and you can directly purchase Bitcoin with cash as…

I just realized that I can…

By SLCW in bitcoin on

I just realized that I can use NWC instead of Alby Hub as the backend for my Alby Wallet. I just linked my Alby Wallet to my Minibits Wallet and now I can use Alby as a frontend for my backend wallet. Send and receive works great, and my available……

My dream wallet:

By SLCW in blog on

My dream wallet: Lightning On-Chain eCash Nostr integration NWC Custom LN address Self-custodial On-the-fly, background channel management Customizable lightning fees Tor connection option Exportable transaction log (csv, JSON) Integrated buy/sell Right now, I think Breez comes closest, tho it's still missing some key…

A currency is only as good…

By SLCW in musings on

A currency is only as good as the number of people who accept it. Aside from a handful of niche tech services, I've never seen or heard of Monero being accepted IRL. On the other hand, there's a dozen or so businesses within a10 mile radius…

I think the reason nobody can…

By SLCW in musings on

I think the reason nobody can figure out who Satoshi is after all this time is that he's a time traveler from the future who came to our time to save the global economy from the accelerating demise we're witnessing. He came, he dropped Bitcoin and…