There has to be a better way, no?
Discussion
Geyser was "supposed" to be the better way but it seems the ball has bounced back into our court . . . again.
So much the better!
Sir, you don't have to verify your identity to use Geyser. That's mandatory if you want to receive FIAT contributions.
Just don't use fiat, and no need to verify
This is an inevitable outcome of people not spending their Bitcoin.
Yep... 😢
It’s a sad reality of the “Bitcoin economy” that we have to use fiat. I think it’s only a matter of time until we see fiat-based “zaps” in nostr clients, and at this stage I’d welcome it because maybe we’d see some actual meaningful economic activity here. There are already some clients that offer fiat-based in-app purchases. A lot of Bitcoiners larp an wax eloquently about a parallel Bitcoin standard economy, but then they go and hoard sats and spend only dollars.
Kudos to nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 for choosing to degrade their own UX rather than comply with Apple’s demand to use fiat for zaps.
The problem is that we need to increase business adoption. That then transitions people from earning fiat and buying bitcoin, to earning bitcoin, saving bitcoin, spending bitcoin. If their source of income is Bitcoin it takes away the fiat option.
The better way is for more people who have bitcoin to actually use their bitcoin as money and spend it.