Warning: do NOT use travala.com any more, if you did.

They directly stole my money.

Here is my response to the customer service agent:

(Customer service agent),

> Sorry for the delay, im ahmed from compliance department, for refund or either processing the booking, the verification is a mandatory step, we require the minimum and basic info for that, and you can pass it easily through the following link :

Let's establish the facts: I have been a regular customer of Travala for years, have done probably a hundred or more bookings through your site - mentioning this *not* to claim some status as a customer (which I do not want, and do not have), but to point out that ZERO times on the website or through any of those transactions was it mentioned that you could simply keep my money and provide no service - i.e. STEAL my money - if I did not pass a verification process -handing over extensive and intrusive personal documents - that you never documented anywhere. And indeed for this booking, again, no such advance warning was given.

So you (that is to say Travala, not you personally!) act exactly as a kidnapper: to give me back the money which is mine, you insist that I hand over security sensitive information. Which I will not do. There are an endless stream of documented violent theft events of cryptocurrency holders, so spreading one's personal information is stupid, and any claim you make to "keep my data safe" is ridiculous, given the equally endless stream of reported hacking events. I do not trust your company with my personal information because I don't trust *any* company with it.

I have been doing Bitcoin development work for over a decade, I will make sure that a lot of people in the community know that Travala steals its customers money, directly, with no apology.

Feel free to pass this message to any management, I would appreciate that.

(me)

Happy new year to you as well!

Branta wishes you all a Happy New Year!

2025 was a defining year for freedom and prosperity.

At its center, sound money.

More individuals, families, and businesses are opting into health and freedom, and using the best tools available to do so.

The future is not given, it's built.

In 2025, we:

• Announced zero-knowledge address verification

• Added over 20 businesses to the Branta network

• Verified our first nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj76rfwpehgu3wvdaqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqqg96dyzxdu3l4gufz4cvpguws8g2n7z200x8jeedr8g6hvhuzy2k7q45pl3m transaction

• Integrated with takemySATS ( nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyt8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnp0faxzmt09ehx2aqqyzssyc9z4ghsjtv9utqtst54atzl33sw5xwx3eyfsuvmtrx25glruq2f47h ), nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7cnjvghxjme0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyzjnd2cl0u7qzva64k7lgu4343adfdm5a4pjcxvf9pqex4e83z72qngxhfg, nostr:nprofile1qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsqzpsa8jpl8y3pzx6hvtas5jjg56j2mhgyfs39zmqs03zy7l03wd9kjwr5klr, and other payment gateways

• Announced partnership and investment from nostr:nprofile1qyv8wctn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwda6x7umgdyh8w6tw9uq36amn8ghj7erjv9nk7mnp9e6xserydeejumn9wsar2dfkxqhsqgy40cfd7cnvgc87rhk7lme0rnrhgt6989r3jsx6hcjetkqze24ynqvyt2m4, OGs from 2014

• Broke ground on e2e transactions via wallet integrations, announcing soon

• Grew the team and attended 10+ conferences

… and had countless conversations with great folks building in the industry.

In 2025, we made it easy for businesses to opt in to private address verification; meaning users can rest easy against Man-In-The-Middle attacks.

Malware has no place in our future.

2026 will be even bigger.

More freedom, more prosperity.

Happy new year

Happy to be part of the movement.

Something you'd normally do yourself, making sure the payment invoice is a match to the destination wallet, but people make mistakes or don't notice that they're sending to the wrong wallet or had their clipboard manipulated.

I don't necessarily trust them, not my gig. But TakeMySats works with Branta, who is supposed to store the address from the storefront, so the customer can compare the invoice provided to them is the same as the one the third party has gotten.

Spooks err fucking place

The network keeps growing. Happy to welcome nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgqc5lcs29z30pu5f0fcx0jlgvpzrd9gqdqpqay38x0n4msth3guysnwhf4s

and nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpqn6xaj8fpapnaa3rys69g6862ylqwzy798ce090kq5lrwykkja82syakaup to Branta.

Satoshi Consult onboards businesses to accept freedom money and offers self-custody and inheritance planning services.

Verifying transactions with Branta since block 915,224.

Well good thing I make all year round

Really??? Recently?!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Great Ghee 🐮🎄

Gooooood Mornin' Nostr,

Some proof of work. No fancy photo because I'm taking a deserved break, but man this bowl is FIRE 🔥 or ICE 🧊 IDK.

Just love how it turned out, this bowl is about 16-18 inches across. A beautiful piece indeed

#proofofwork #handmade #craftsman #pottery

IMPORTANT:

Date growers that accept #bitcoin. Gimme plz

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Almost made it to January with no hay

I do really enjoy when Bitcoin hovers around #888.

It is kind of like what you see when a special DeLorean hits 88 MPH.

Exit Fiat : Enter Bitcoin

How can I tell Time Magazine that it really is goodbye?

I will be a righteous supporter of the first company that runs ads where the wife is the colloquial idiot and the husband needs to step in.

Every single ad I have seen for probably the last 15 years minimum always makes the dad, boyfriend, or husband look like the retard and the female steps in and corrects him or the mistake he made.

Most people don't see it or don't care, but if we all are pointing out the intentional subtle ways people are being programmed, this is it.

Observe them yourself this Christmas season and see if you notice it too.

I will be a righteous supporter of the first company that runs ads where the wife is the colloquial idiot and the husband needs to step in.

Every single ad I have seen for probably the last 15 years minimum always makes the dad, boyfriend, or husband look like the retard and the female steps in and corrects him or the mistake he made.

Most people don't see it or don't care, but if we all are pointing out the intentional subtle ways people are being programmed, this is it.

Observe them yourself this Christmas season and see if you notice it too.

Another sale via #TakeMySats

P.S. Brace yourselves. Shipping improvements are coming. 🫡

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Core to the ethos of man is the right to privacy.

Branta is proud to announce that Guardrail now offers Zero-Knowledge verification.

Zero-Knowledge software is the right choice.

Privacy matters.

Sound money matters.

People deserve the freedom to have both.

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Gotta get you some nostr:npub186pzq2z7xjma6gsjkm4kyeyvfck0lk4t9a6qmtht2pq9axyr73wshad0rk - gotta get Otis protecting his customers payments. It’s a perfect match

Is nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm down for anyone else? I’m unable to generate invoices rn. #asknostr

They don’t want you to know this but the dips are easier to handle when you cook your meals in great ghee

The most. Watch me turn it into bitcoin

We continue to slash our #coffee prices. This is the price for the Satoshi Sampler since our inception in block 746944.

Live on a bitcoin standard or spend and replace. #coffeechain

PS GM

20 hodl bars going to rhe nostr:npub16ndruwfg7dsdhnp3w8zvqrg0r2rn3wucnttgrg5acm2lhqpkepkqncr9qr team! 🤘🏼🔥

Wow! What an awesome bulk order