Great idea… an app to connect to and geolocate your users who are bitcoiners. No privacy concerns there 😬
We do run a private relay for our members. We use users' device approximate geolocation to connect them to nearby users and recently to Bitcoin-only events and, in the future to local merchants. We don't believe nostr and OPA are in a competition which is why we actively encourage our users to participate in the network, nor do we believe we serve the same audience. If you're keen to learn more here's a BTCESSION tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrQIyP45UNs&t=1s&ab_channel=BTCSessions
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yikes good point
Correct, the “OPA is a paywalled honeypot” theory has a heckuva lot going for it
You can be as anonymous as you like on OPA. We also understand that not everybody is interested in meeting other bitcoiners IRL
I love meeting other bitcoiners IRL. Just not through a paywalled, closed-sourced, geolocating, centralized app. 🤷♂️
Yes, this ☝️
Goodness. No one thought this was a bad idea? 🤦♂️
Since we don’t deliver pizza we use approximate geolocation which means you can be anywhere in a 10 miles radius.
Here’s a thought experiment to understand how meaningless even precise geolocation would be: if I told you the exact distance between you and me, how would you find me?
But how does a user know exactly what data you collect?
We don’t do ads, why would we collect any data beyond the core features of the app which will only increase our costs?