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Is the Telegram wallet custodial or non-custodial? Remember, not your keys, not your coins.

Might be a rude wake up call when the rug is pulled with honey pots like these.

But at least they’re promoting and educating about#bitcoin to the masses

I don’t think I have set up the lightning wallet, didn’t like how I had to give my email address

But I do appreciate the thought:)

How meaningless the material world is

Why are we even here?

The point is not whether the phone number is stored encrypted on the device or not, the point is that governments/phone companies gatekeep who can get a phone number and who can’t and at what terms, therefore a phone number shouldn’t be required, as it means that a user would have to possess government ID to get a phone number in most jurisdictions, it should be based on an open and permission-less identifier, for instance a #nostr account.

The world is bigger and more complex than just one single country.

The design philosophy behind something should account for decades/centuries of changing government policies and privacy regulations/requirements, hence ditching the phone number requirement, same goes for email

Replying to Avatar Grafton @ Vexl

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

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

@Vexl requires that you allow access to your contact list on your phone, it also requires name and phone number and it also only runs on #android and #ios

But interesting nonetheless, someone should review it here on #nostr

Government and pedophiles protecting each other since the dawn of time #bitcoin