Personally, I'm not. 😅
There's a part of me that wants to say that they're doing good work, but there's the other part of me, and this is the dominant side of me, that doesn't give a shit about KYC and compliance focused companies.
Honest question: Why are people so excited about Jack Mallers and Strike?
Isn't this nothing more than a fancy exchange?
They KYC and will hand over your data to any government when asked to.
Apps are closed source, as far as I can see.
He sends money to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx who I imagine is at odds with this product?
Enlighten me please
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Yeah exactly, lots of things are good for bitcoin. I think he's cool and a net positive, has certainly done more for bitcoin than myself. However I fail to see the excitement when "download this opaque on the big tech store and trust me bro"
Unfortunately, the KYC Avoidant node-running self-hosting privacy focused psychopaths are always going to be in the minority, and the masses will probably end up using something like strike just because it's "easy." Which is extremely unfortunate, but it's just the current reality that we live in.
