Good question. I am in the US and therefore not up to speed on the current environment in Europe or the regulatory changes occurring. So take my response with a grain (or more) of salt.
I *think* you can also sell BTC for fiat on those exchanges but I may be wrong. Someone can fact check me on that.
Moving funds strategically to Strike when you want to sell for fiat may also be an option. Probably will have the same regulatory/KYC'm hurdles as other exchanges but good to double check.
For purchases that are big but not the scale of a home, you could explore options like BitRefil. I have not used them though so cannot personally attest to the quality or experience of their services.
Lastly you can explore bitcoin backed loans as an option. I have mixed feelings about using btc as collateral and have no idea what your options in Europe for that sort of thing are, but may be worth considering. Debt is obviously risky so don't take this as me advocating strongly for the option, but if done carefully it would be a way to leverage your stack for fiat purchases without having to sell your bitcoin.
Just take it one step at a time. I've got a lot to learn as well.
For VPNs I recommend Mullvad or IVPN. Orbit on phone is good. ProtonVPN is decent too, I think.
nostr:nprofile1qqspnzgrfett3asxcuj0gksje6z2zxzpvgd27uvz58m9vsuqh8zzw6cpr9mhxw309a382emdv9hzumt8w4ujumn9wsargwp58qq3vamnwvaz7tmzv46xztnwdaehgunfdshxxctdqydhwumn8ghj7en9v4j8xtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0w3hku7gpewmsc has some great tutorials on various wallets, exchanges, mixers (Including Jam Joinmarket) etc.
Passport and ColdCard seem to be the ones people like and recommend the most. The former is a bit friendlier to less advanced users, as I understand it.
For what it is worth, I don't know that Ledger is an issue on the hardware side. A number of things about the company's priorities and the closed source code are reasons for pause, but I haven't heard of any major privacy or security concerns regarding the hardware itself. Not yet anyway. Someone can fact check me on this.
I do not recommend people use their management software in any case, and instead use Sparrow to manage the wallet. BTC Sessions has a great tutorial on Sparrow as well.
Happy learning, enjoy the process ✌
Robosats, Bisq, Hodl Hodl, Azteco
Isn't that what AI is for?
I like to think of this as you now fully giving up and taking a 180 degree turn in strategy over the *nostr-is-a-sausage-fest* conundrum. From lonely lady dev to digital gold digger.
GM.
And not just their own clothes either 😅
But bro, don't you know you don't have enough bitcoin and you're supposed to sell your chairs and everything else you own to get more???
Don't watch TV at all anymore but Chuck was my favorite funny sitcoms back in 2000s/ early 2010s.
We will live forever, and in resurrected, imperishable bodies. The real question for each of us is whether we will live forever in God's presence of joy and mirth and glory or in his full presence of wrath and judgement.
Also, this quote comes to mind:
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
