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Reivan Stokes
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Replying to Avatar Bitcoinveneto

🚨 WARNING: New P2P Bitcoin Scam Involving Revolut and Online Marketplaces 🚨

There’s a growing scam that combines RoboSats, Revolut, and platforms like Facebook Marketplace or eBay.

It’s a classic man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack — and both Bitcoin users and online sellers can become victims.

🧠 Here’s how it works:

A scammer opens a BTC sell offer on RoboSats, requesting payment via Revolut.

At the same time, they contact someone selling an item (e.g., a MacBook) on Facebook Marketplace.

The scammer gives the seller’s Revolut account details to the Bitcoin buyer on RoboSats.

The buyer sends money (thinking it’s for Bitcoin), but it actually goes to the unsuspecting seller of the MacBook.

The seller, seeing the payment, ships the item — to the scammer.

The scammer gets a free MacBook, the buyer gets BTC, and the seller loses their item.

📌 Everyone loses — except the scammer.

🔐 How to protect yourself:

For Bitcoin buyers/sellers:

⚠️ NEVER send money to an account that doesn’t match your trade partner’s name.

Ask for a screenshot of the Revolut profile before sending payment.

Be skeptical of anyone who says “use my friend’s account” or “this is my assistant’s Revolut.”

If anything feels off — cancel the trade.

For marketplace sellers (Facebook/eBay, etc.):

Be cautious if someone pays via Revolut but the account name doesn't match your buyer’s.

Don’t ship products unless you’re sure the payment is legit and not part of a crypto scam.

If someone says “my friend will pay you” — it’s likely a scam.

Stay sharp. Scammers are evolving — so must our awareness.

Don't trust. Verify. ⚡

#Bitcoin #P2P #RoboSats #ScamAlert #CryptoSecurity #Revolut

Doesn't the bitcoin needs to be lock on the scrow first in order to send the money via Revolut? If I as a buyer send the money to the requested account by the scammer, the P2P coordinator is going to unlock the funds in my favor in case of dispute. Maybe I'm missing something

Replying to Avatar Robosats

RoboSats v0.8.1-alpha is now out! :rocket:

# Changes

## What's new

**TL;DR**

- Brand new mobile app and mobile view

- New in-app private notifications system using nostr

- Revertible payments warning

> [!Important]

> The new app version might remove your garage, make sure you backup your tokens before upgrading

### For Users

- Nostr notifications following NIP-17. Coordinators now send nostr anonymous encrypted messages to robots. The client fetches federation's relays for this notifications and display them on a new notifications center.

> [!Note]

> New notifications won't work until Coordinators upgrade to this version

- New mobile app written from scratch. Improving performance, security and usability.

- New mobile view (App and Web). Improving user experience and using nostr for App notifications. No more 5 minutes queries, notifications are now instant.

- Improved Robot profile window.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f7d35ace-6e29-4235-b09a-4149b0504921

- Libraries security updates.

- We have created a list of payment methods consistently reported by the community as doing reverts to their transactions.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a9d93bfb-43ad-432b-a57b-8eb381cb7700

**Payment methods marked as reversible**

- PIX

**New payment methods**

- USDC

- Paysend

**Bugs**

- Order matching view now displays relevant order data.

- Fixed some visual bugs caused by previous UI update.

- F2F orders are again created with coordinates.

- armeabi-v7a and arm64-v8a architectures signatures and versions fixed.

- Order view showing wrong amount definitively Changes

https://github.com/RoboSats/robosats/releases/tag/v0.8.1-alpha

Also available on nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8 and IzzyDroid repo

Top!

Just completed a walk with RUNSTR! 🚶‍♀️💨

⏱️ Duration: 03:55:23

📏 Distance: 10.65 km

👟 Steps: 17.172 steps

🔥 Calories: 639 kcal

🏔️ Elevation Gain: 4547 m

📉 Elevation Loss: 4529 m

#RUNSTR #Walking

Will LN Nodes be momey transmitters under this definition?

Hey, I have tried putting my fountain address now, let me know if it works. I guess the phoenix wallet is not very compatible when receiving.

Thanks for the sats though! Its a great app

Spain April 2025, major part of the electrical power (60%) shut down due to frequency instability taking out also part of Portugals grid. 8 or so people died for a shutdown of a few hours. We are definitely not prepared.

Having said that, most of the security sytems on the field that I have installed have protections to lightning SPD, breakers and diferentials so maybe that helps. 😂

Top pod!

https://fountain.fm/episode/sD6kGsSxDcLfxfM3utdH

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Just completed a cycle with RUNSTR! 🚴💨

⏱️ Duration: 07:51

📏 Distance: 2.38 km

🚴 Speed: 18.2 km/h

🔥 Calories: 143 kcal

🏔️ Elevation Gain: 46 m

📉 Elevation Loss: 57 m

#RUNSTR #Cycling

I have worked in a south and a north country and I can confirm that the superior efficiency is honestly not there, at least on my industry. Great pod though, thought I was hearing BBC propaganda for a moment 🤙🤙

https://fountain.fm/episode/CGLTWCGZAY5PCsYJPOLw

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The amount of nodes someone has does not matter IMO. What matter is the influence of the node on the network, not all nodes have the same value. If all the big exchangers and miners come together and decide to create a soft fork. For example, the nodes of foundry and Antpool together could in certain circumstances create a fork being only two nodes.

Yes, it was like that before they introduce the bolt12 receives in phoenix. Its a recent upgrade by the wallet so I don't know if maybe now is possible

Phoenix didn't work well before, but with the bolt12 now maybe it does. Have not try it yet

Replying to Avatar ₿en Wehrman

We don't do it enough

Replying to Avatar OrangeSurf

Frequency or cuantity?

The best thing is that the possibility to do it yourself exist and the entry barrier is very very low in comparison, few yt tutorials and you are set

I wonder what fee is Speed charging them. Curious to know if it's cheaper than the VISA commission