Spectacular coffee on sale in #elzonte by nostr:npub1q7ukrhcsgx4w8lfsuscymsfrc5m7skzkrjm48w4cah70x0zjmr4q52yy2r today
I guess you mean Google Chrome, not Chromium or Brave?
Mullvad is a very good browser for actual browsing..
Farmers market today in #elzonte
where is it? How far from San Salvador?
If you're visiting El Zonte be sure to spend some sats at Hope House (you can buy fiat cash, t shirts etc) and thereby support their community endeavours!
#elzonte #bitcoin #elsalvador
Operating since Feb 7th, they have representatives across S. America, Europe, Australia
Mass adoption and Bitcoin education are their goals
Will is the president of the Bitcoin Association in El Salvador
Services of this organisation include:
- residency
- incorporation
- consulting
Sep 7th will be the 2nd anniversary of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador
Where better to get a workout?
#elzonte #calisthenics
The 3 QRs of Chivo in El Salvador!
Many merchants enable Chivo Wallet for payments but I guess it's rarely used. One time the shopkeeper was literally wiping the dust from the device (and charging it up) to make the tx.
That Tx actually never happened, as I got stuck at QR 1
I will now describe the process, so you can make it to the end (QR3)
# QR 1 - USD
Politely explain that you don't have Chivo wallet and you wish to pay in Bitcoin, not ameriDollars
# QR 2 - On Chain
Say gracias, however you'd like to pay over the lightning network. Explain that lightning is the same as bitcoin.
# QR 3 - Lightning
Scan / Pay / try not to look too smug as you wait for Chivo to realise and acknowledge your payload
If the merchant is upset about having a bitcoin balance instead of USD, you might recommend to use Strike or Blink instead.
The Blackrock BTC Bullrun Begins
Well I was impressed with Lazy Dog as you are actually accepting Bitcoin directly, using Wallet Of Satoshi, which was WAY easier than Pouch
With Pouch there is a very convoluted process to work out the correct exchange rate so you can scan the QR code
Glad to hear that Pouch are still active. I believe the Boracay Merchant community are in need of outreach (and education) - many are giving up on Bitcoin completely
After much walking around San Salvador trying to find food places that have alternatives to the Fiat Nightmare, came across this chap
The first actual bitcoiner I've met on the trip, they take payment over strike (super fast transaction) and his juice bar is listed on btcmap
did you visit the pouch office?
I was in Boracay last week and many places no longer accept BTC
The guys at pouch appear to have gone AWOL
Can anyone recommend a taxi pickup service from San Salvador?
To pay in sats, obviously!
Nokia 6250
stick it in your pint and ring it, lol
PSA: Just to clear up some confusion,
There is a term used in the online community that some people don't understand.
"THE CLOUD"
Some people think that this is a location on their device (phone, tablet, computer, etc...) or some magical thing that nobody else has access to. Neither of these ideas are true and believing that they are can lead to a false sense of security for the end user.
If you store data on a cloud, then all that means is you store it remotely on a different hard drive on a computer in a different place than where you currently are.
Here is the security issue. Most people rely on an outside company to provide and maintain that storage. That means they provide the hardware, the software on it, the security for it, and the connection of it to the internet. If they fail to do any of these things correctly, whether through negligence or malicious intent, then your data can be unavailable, lost, compromised, changed, sold, etc. If that company does everything right but goes out of business, gets sold to a different company, gets hacked, etc. the same things can happen.
There is a saying in the cryptocurrency community, "No Keys, No Coins." What this means is that if someone else controls your access to what is yours, then it is not really yours. Whoever controls access can take your data, change it, or at the very least deny you access to it. Think back to the early days of cellphones. Any photos you took with them stayed on the phone and were lost if you lost the phone.
There are ways to host your own cloud services on your own remote computer if this is a concern for you (and it should be).
Remember what happened to Parler?
They were denied access to the internet for political reasons. People are de-platformed all the time from youtube, twitter (X), instagram, facebook etc. many times losing years of content in the process with no recourse to reaquire it. They also lose contact with eveyone they formerly contacted through that platform.
3 takeaways for this:
Control your Data/Keys
Back-Up Your Data
Back-Up Your Contacts.
If you want more information about self hosting cloud data you might want to check out a company like Start9.com
They are here https://iris.to/start9.com
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This needs to be more widely understood!
# Boracay Island Visit
First off - much love and appreciation to Pouch for creating this Bitcoin island paradise!
You can get to Boracay Island by flying to Caticlan Airport from Manila. If you choose to walk to the jetty, be sure to go to TABON (in the North), not Caticlan Jetty Port (to the West)! Else you may end up trekking back along the beach, avoiding packs of dogs..
After you've payed your tourist taxes (400 pesos) and boat (50 pesos) and arrived on the island, make your way up to the right and jump on an electric taxi (~250 pesos depending on distance)
If you're staying in an airbnb, be aware that they may book a fake hotel ticket to get you the authorisation to travel to the island.
Despite the high number of businesses that accept Bitcoin on Boracay (~264) they are still in the minority! But you generally don't have to walk far to find somewhere that will accept your sats.
Of course to pay with sats you will usually need internet. The Philippines require some heavy KYC (government id + selfie) on sim card registrations, so I would instead recommend downloading an offline mapping application (eg Organic Maps) and confirming with each place if they have wifi before submitting your order.
For the actual payment, the process usually goes like this:
1. Scan a static QR Code
2. Ask how many sats to enter in the invoice request
3. Politely explain that sats are not the same as pesos
4. Google the amount of sats yourself and enter it in the invoice
5. Pay the invoice
6. The shopkeeper now takes a photo of your receipt as proof of the transaction
Bit convoluted but am sure with more Bitcoiners making the trip, systems will improve!
