I have exactly the same, and the exact bots that followed you followed me
They don’t on vexl. Just f2f p2p with your web of trust. Stack sats. we have thousands of users in Czech Republic and now we’re available everywhere you can easily buy bitcoin without KYC with very low premiums usually around 2% maximum.
yes, not planning on moving any time soon, except to my little goat ranch high in the mountains here
Can I get a donkey ranch in the mountains here?
Madeira you are amazing!
He wasn’t! But we have hung out the last 2 years at HCPP in Prague. He’s like everyone’s really cool uncle. Love that guy.
I implore you to check out vexl! Really this is exactly what we have built but in a way that protects privacy at all costs.
Hi! Check out vexl. It’s literally this. It uses your real world web of trust. It’s private, it’s a non profit with a grant from open sats. It’s a full local and worldwide circular economy.
Ok really… this is exactly what Vexl is. If you haven’t heard about it Duncan let’s chat.
Try vexl, start growing your network tell everyone and you’ll have the easiest way to P2P without KYC.
This is why we built vexl. A non profit mobile app that allows you to trade P2P, privately without the use of a trusted third party. It’s real pure p2p no kyc. And web of trust based.
I encourage you to look further and deeper into why we use phone numbers and how we use phone numbers. These numbers are not connected to your trades at all. We are not a wallet. We are not a third-party. We do not touch your trades. It is up to you and the person that you connect with. We like to joke that we are tinder for bitcoin. We are a non profit open source tool.
I get your point there’s also plenty of services available where you can get a number without kyc using bitcoin. The problem is that nothing exists with the better web of trust than the one that you already have.
The way that we handle phone numbers gives you privacy because you don’t just use your phone numbers and the phone numbers of bitcoin. When you import your contacts you import everyone your favorite pizza delivery company, your dog walker, maybe the painter who did a job for you. These people do not need to be on the app to be included in your Web of trust. The way we handled data keeps your offers, your contacts, your chats, and your profile, completely separated. In fact, each offer is encrypted for each person individually. These people are not associated with bitcoin as we are not a wallet. We are simply a matchmaking service a tinder for bitcoin you might say.
We are absolutely focused on the future, and we are happy to support anything that comes along that could improve upon this and one Vexl scales and becomes more widespread on its own we will be more than keen to introduce an identifier that is completely independent from your real-world identity.
Did someone say WOT? nostr:npub1mftv2j67vayavkks8rqev3u8jjhefe86tf80msstfxvpunk9vmps6prkl3 have you heard of Vexl?
You should get some youtubers to review it, like nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 for instance
But still not sure why requiring phone numbers on @vexl is a good idea. Many countries require government ID/passport/KYC/personal identification numbers/legal immigration status to get/activate a phone number/SIM card, hence @vexl discriminates against those people, which violates the principles of bitcoin being an open and permission-less network
@bitcoin applications need to be kept open and permission-less, to ensure usability and access to all and everyone, everywhere, fully independent of government policy
Bitcoin applications take time and developing a new web of trust takes years. Phone numbers are something we already share and have for years with a web of trust. You only see offers from people inside that web of trust. Someone doesn’t need to be on vexl to b e in your WOT.
The numbers are encrypted locally on your device. Only the hashes are sent.
I really encourage you to think about it more and read more, we are fully open-source. Funded by donations only and just received a grant from open sats.
We are building something that we want to use, we are cypherpunks, privacy is the right to selectively reveal yourself, and we want to create a tool that enables that for everyone.
We believe without the freedom to transact you have no other rights…
Did we meet? Maybe, I was the guy with the briefcase 😎
It works everywhere it’s web of trust based so it grows gradually and then suddenly. You have to grow a community and it becomes the easiest, way to buy bitcoin with no kyc. Discreetly and among the people only in your web of trust.
I’m still here! Just got finished canyoning it was incredible I plan to come back often!
Yeah but check out why and how it works.
If you’ve got the time read this https://blog.vexl.it/understanding-vexl-security-privacy-and-building-a-web-of-trust-867710d4a6fe
And then let me know if you still have concerns
We wrote about this, I’d love to hear what you think after you read it.
https://blog.vexl.it/understanding-vexl-security-privacy-and-building-a-web-of-trust-867710d4a6fe
There is no better way currently, Nostr is something we are looking at for sure. But right now we need a web of trust we have all spent years building
I also recommend checking out what we are doing at Vexl.