Nostr Web Client

I think that for the people around here, that is WAY too much for them to deal with. This has to just look like normal dollars everywhere they look and in all interactions. All Bitcoin/Lightning/Cashu details need to be 100% obscured and denominations need to be in steady USD. "It's just our magical local merchants gift card thing!" needs to be the aura of the experience.

I wish that weren't the case, but it is. At least here. This isn't Madeira :)

I would very happily teach people what's going on under the hood if they want to know, but 99.9% of them won't.

Tim Bouma 8mo ago

I can make all that detail disappear under the hood. That’ll come with user acceptance testing. I will likely need to create a concept called the floating fiat balance - as the value of bitcoin goes up, so will their floating fiat balance.

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vinney...axkl 8mo ago

Sounds awesome. Have you looked into NFC cards at all? Might be a big unlock for normie adoption.

Tim Bouma 8mo ago

Yep. I have a module that reads and writes to NFC cards (android only). I haven't done much with it - focusing on QR codes instead.

vinney...axkl 8mo ago

oh man, want.

I could pass out a bunch of super cheap android phones with preinstalled apps as "POS devices" for handling card payments

Tim Bouma 8mo ago

Yup. I want to set up a program where people donate old phones and they get scrubbed into POS devices for communities that have a need for them.

vinney...axkl 8mo ago

I love that.