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 we keep shipping at Strike

yesterday we turned on fiat card on-ramps for Mexico, Brazil, India, Vietnam, and Guatemala

today we released sending to Lightning Addresses. you can send fiat or bitcoin to a Lightning Address with Strike. here is a demo where I send @ODELL $10 from my bank account to his Lightning Address. we aren’t far away from cross-currency payments over the internet looking like sending an email over the internet

Strike Africa, Strike EU, Strike LatAm coming up next. looking to ship Africa before Christmas 

stay humble, stack shipping 🚢🛳️⛴️ https://v.nostr.build/8KPa.mp4  
 Any plan for Thailand ? 
 No fees? This is huge. 
 That’s seamless. Please convince Jordan 🇯🇴 
 I can get you connected to high ranking officials. 
 And Saudis and Emiratis and Omanis  
 I onboarded a friend to bitcoin and wanted her to sign up w Strike but she's in Jamaica and so it wasn't available 
 @FinancialJackass  this is wild tbh 
 This is awesome 
 Excellent news, I’m really excited and can’t wait for Strike EU becoming reality! 👍✨ 
 same 
 Way to go Ballers 🫡 
 So I just realized that this is a way to send fiat from my own bank acckint directly to lightning without opening channels or doing any swaps...now I get it 🤯

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 👀 who didn’t I think of that! 
Yes, we can send ourselves. 
 If i didn’t know any better (and i don’t), i’d say that sounds like non-kyc stacking 👀 
 STFU dude.  
 Excuse me ser do we have a problem here? What ails you 
 NOSTR is for the feds too.  
 Cool 🤙 
 Sucks man. Sounds like you don't have an anon account. Cry elsewhere about this lol. 
 No one has a anon strike account.  
 Yes but you can spend your cuckbucks from strike over lightning (or on-chain actually)

Can’t go into further detail to connect the dots for you, apparently there be feds around 🫨 
 Awesome stuff!  I tell my friends to search for Jack Mallers videos for awesome insights. 
 WTF, increíble esto ✨👌👌👌👏👏
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 Fucking legend 🤯 
 come to malaysia ser 
 Is this implemented on Android yet?  I don't see the option to send to a lightening address.  
 Nice work jack 🔥 
 Outworking and outsmarting the banksters. Jack Ballers. 
 Outworking and outsmarting the banksters. Jack Ballers. 
 When Canada? 
 Nice $100k send limit 😅must be nice 
 ship shipping ships on a 🚢! Balling all day!!! LFG!!! 
 When does this activate for US residents? I didn't see an option to update app in play store. 
 Great! Congratsss!!! 👏👏👏 
 Thank you Jack! 
 Just zap him the $100k limit 😄 
 The future is here.. almost. 👀
Can't wait to see Strike in Europe too @jack mallers 💪🍀🫂
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 What happens with Strike user KYC data?

 
 what do you mean? i don’t understand the question 
 Who has access to user KYC data?
Who can request user KYC data?
Has any government agency asked for Strike user KYC data?
 
 they most likely share it with the government just like any business that complies with relevant regulations

using the tools is not the same as breaking laws 
 strike
ships
nicely done  
 Absolutely legendary Jack. Huge step in point of sale and interchangeability between the dollar and BTC 
 Tanzania for the win 🏆 
🇹🇿⚡️💜🏔️ 
 Je pense que c'est déjà installé depuis 2 ou 3 ans via Kenya...  
 Dope! Hopefully for Trinidad 🇹🇹 and the rest of the Caribbean in the future 
 What made you come around to lnurl/lightning address? 🥳 
 What did it look like on your end @ODELL?  
 that's sick dude! 
 @jack mallers I am in India and none of my MasterCard/visa debit cards seem to be supported. 

Can you please talk about what cards are supported in India?

After I key-in the debit card details and submit, i get an error message "this card type is not supported" or soenthing like that.  
 Awesome 
 You have a $100k limit!? 
 Love to see it 🔥🧡 
 Nice!
Is it possible to have a Lightning Addresses Contact List?

Using nostr to have up-to-date Contact List would be amazing, btw.

🫂 
 I couldn't link any card I tried here from Brazil. The cards usually have the debit and credit function together. Strike say is a credit card and doesn't allow to link. 
 Excellent work.   Would be great to have this without having to connect to a bank.  Is that possible?  
 what do you mean by that? 
 I'll go on a limb and say maybe get the option to load your strike account with fiat using gift cards as an example? Can purchase a strike gift card for $25 in person, load it into the app, buy Bitcoin. 

Could be wrong here though. 
 That's an interesting idea. What about Azteco vouchers ??  
 Louche selon quelques pays dans l'EU où la qualité totalité des nouvelles lois contraignantes ont été créés en France ces 5 dernières années bien avant le Brexit   l'entente ( voire alliances) franco-britanique et leur rivalité après la guerre des Royaumes d'Europe  demeure toujours  
 It is my understanding that in order to use Strike, we have to be connected to a bank?  maybe i am wrong? 
 First, link your bank account or debit card to your account to fund your account.
Add your debit card or bank account details. Strike uses Plaid to connect with your bank.
Once it’s connected, you type the amount of money you want to send and there you go. 
 Obligé pour les 1ers achats via nos propres cartes à moins de payer en ligne qui  semble louche en référence aux législations de chaque pays.. Espère votre réponse  
 i can’t move btc on strike right now because my usd balance mysteriously went negative. nothing in cash history to indicate why.  i can’t even sell a little btc to zero the balance bc the account is locked. i HAVE to deposit from a fiat source! no response from support though it’s just been 7 hours.  i’m worried. this experience is antithetical to bitcoin.. :P 
 Strike has fiat on/off-ramps. You can't do that without KYC, this is the law.
You can get a Lightning wallet for transacting with the LN without KYC.
But only with sats, no $. Yet. Until stablecoins on LN are a thing.  
 Wish I could get an account at strike.  Was rejected and can't figure out why. 
 DM me the email you used, happy to take a look 
 Jack, in Brazil do you report transactions to the government (Receita Federal do Brasil)? 
 Do you still prohibit Adult Workers from using Strike?
If so WHY?!
You have avoided answering me for a long time now.  
 
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 Your USDT off-ramp partner in Argentina is dog shit. Where does the 10+% premium come from and who is it going to? Do better, Strike. Argentinians are desperate for any semblance of stability, and what matters currently is them ending up with as many pesos for their daily needs as possible.  
 BIG 
 you are obviously an agent of the cabal

kyc mandatory
can only be downloaded from the satanic companies googl and appl

only you get invited by the rockefeller news

you do not speak for me

what you do is a stupid psyop

bitcoin or other cryptos do not need you
bitcoin and other pow cryptos (e.g.monero, litecoin) are open source, community driven, free from censorship and private

you are a false prophet
 
 He has no options. FIAT ACH BANK transfers require KYC. Watch his interviews he is true orange-pilled  . 
 This is lit. Free routing fee always?? 
 Fantastic 👏🏽 
 How do we get this in India???
Need it ASAP.

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 Can a person in Brazil send money from his bank account to his lightning address??

Am I getting it right? Has @jack mallers got it right??
Are we at the cusp of the biggest transfer of wealth from the banks to #bitcoin ??
 
 not yet. Strike LatAm is coming soon-ish

for now, Brazil has our wallet with USDT and BTC and can deposit with cards 
 What about Vietnam and India ??
 
 Honest question: Why are people so excited about Jack Mallers and Strike?

Isn't this nothing more than a fancy exchange?

They KYC and will hand over your data to any government when asked to.

Apps are closed source, as far as I can see.

He sends money to @ODELL who I imagine is at odds with this product?

Enlighten me please


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 Jack is a great Bitcoiner. Speaks really well. Represents the community well. Was a big part of EL Salvador early on with Bitcoin Beach. 
You’re right about Strike though. I used it a few years ago to buy a good amount BTC. Spreads were great and it just worked well for me. A lot has changed though and I don’t use it anymore.  Seems a bit captured now & harder to work with. 
 Me rappelle pour le Salvador et les pays cités en Asie pour l'Afrique j'avais observé sa démo lors de Africa Bitcoin à Accra l'an dernier en cette même période.. 👍 
 I am trying to get my sister in law who's from El Salvador to get her family, still there, to download Strike and set it up so we can send them Fiat.
They are unbanked, how can they get the Fiat in the app converted to cash? We currently spend 8% sending through Western Union
Thats $8 out of every $100 we send, an entire day's labor for them! 
 Wen New York? 
 By time African countries get access to LN, it's such a ballache using the current services, having LN on-ramps is key once that cash goes into Bitcoin it ain't coming out, we just keep recycling it in the system

In the 3rd world even the slightest saving in fees is a massive incentive driver

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 Costa Rica 🇨🇷 next 👏 
 we are live in Costa Rica! buy bitcoin with cars there too 
 Wen Panama 🇵🇦 sir? 
 Will my Landy car 🚗 buy some corn 🌽? 😂  🚗 💥 
 You are doing God’s work. I will tell me grandchildren about you and our fellow Bitcoiners on the tip of the spear helping to save humanity 
 Amazing. However, suits won't like this one bit. Sending sats without the KYC metadata they so desperately want to be able to surveil. 

Still no NY bit-license?  
 https://m.primal.net/HRnD.gif

Tell me you screamed this when you opened the on-ramp to Vietnam!! :D 
 Oui il me semble c'est que j'avais lu sur Twitter à l'époque  
 Is there an issue with India? Add debit card option is available but while adding it always gives an error that payment method is not eligible. 
 L'Inde est en plein mutation sur le plan idéologie culturel  ces dernières 3 dernieres années. Narendura est complément entrain de changer cette  belle cohésion multiculturelle qui fait l'identité de l'Inde.. Et c'est trop dangereux ce qu'il fait pour ce beau peuple..  
 would be amazing if it was embedded in a client, or at least worked within one.... Also, considering what Strike rolled out yesterday (ability to pay ⚡ invoices with fiat) this would be a huge step in a worldwide marketplace...

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