True, and there’s no “the Gnosticism”, it’s just an umbrella term for various teachings found in many sources which can contradict each other.
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I’m convinced that reading a bunch of spiritual literature can cause as much psychological damage as it can do good.
Imagine a person who became very convinced he has to live life in a certain way but constantly fails to do so. He can only say to himself so many times that he’s “on a journey” or that “failures are just lessons” before he snaps.
It’s no better than watching motivational TokToks when you’re down.
Every bitcoiner knows chairs aren’t necessary.
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“Ve vill ban ze cash”.
Decentralized stable eCash mints bleep bloop.
I get a followed notification from this account and a few others every day.
What's going on?
https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsf24u42d2ltugavnwpcttazdk4syvsflw9j254pj6qj8g9g9llhgg898jnk
It’s a Primal bug, IMO. Every time someone follows me, it shows as the same account for many days.
It’s 2025 and there’s still zero official bitcoin exchanges in Russia. Even Garantex, the one shut down by Tether’s actions, wasn’t Russian: it was based in Estonia and operated in Russia using a bunch of workarounds.
But p2p markets are flourishing and were never declared illegal.
Similarly, nobody *actually* pays with bitcoin for anything using Plati. It’s jot a “payment app” per se, it only appears as one. Under the hood, it’s a p2p market like many others but with its own twist.
Yes, but you don’t pay for anything with bitcoin and the merchant never receives bitcoin. You give bitcoin to your friend (legal) and he pays for your coffee from his bank account (legal).
If you think about it, you can live 100% off of bitcoin in Russia now.
I must admit, though, that most Russians are about “crypto” and making money. Nothing ideological when it comes to bitcoin.
But I’m sure a certain amount of quiet Russian bitcoiners is growing, and they’d be happy to use Plati.
Not to mention tourists who don’t need Visa, Mastercard, FX or cash exchangers anymore. From the airport straight to any store, and it just works! That’s my vision.
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We go from “please accept my bitcoin” to “I’ll pay with bitcoin at your location, period.”
In super simple words, you basically ask a friend to pay your invoice at whatever merchant and then give bitcoin to that friend.
Thanks! First order of business: get 10 active users!
Awesome, I’m already exploring other places where it can be possible!
This particular service is centralized, focused on UX. If successful, I plan to develop an open-source fully p2p version of it in parallel.
Think proprietary mass service with sleek UX vs decentralized uncensored service (but, as usually goes with such services, slightly worse UX-wise). There are markets for both.
I’m just reading about stable Lightning channels (they are used under the hood for issuing USD eCash), and my mind is blown. I may have missed this development completely.
🤯
If you think about it, you can live 100% off of bitcoin in Russia now.
I must admit, though, that most Russians are about “crypto” and making money. Nothing ideological when it comes to bitcoin.
But I’m sure a certain amount of quiet Russian bitcoiners is growing, and they’d be happy to use Plati.
Not to mention tourists who don’t need Visa, Mastercard, FX or cash exchangers anymore. From the airport straight to any store, and it just works! That’s my vision.
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Well, Plati is now live!
Some info:
🕐 2+ months of work. Basic intended functionality works. Maybe not all edge cases.
🇷🇺 It currently supports only SBP (the Russian Fast Payments System).
🕺 Two types of users: Customer and Payer.
💁♂️ Customer is anyone who wants to pay a Russian merchant with bitcoin. Top up your bitcoin balance, scan the merchant’s QR-code, and your order will go to the order book.
🙋♂️ Payer is anyone with a Russian bank account willing to pick up orders from the order book.
✅ A completed order means that the invoice is paid (Customer happy), and Payer receives invoice amount + commission to his bitcoin balance (also happy).
👌 Zero users because nobody outside Nostr knows about it. 🤣
I will now do more basic testing and start planning marketing campaigns.
Onwards! 🚀