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 nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm0d9... 
 Sorry, it's been jiggled now 
 Hi which nostr client were you using? I haven't heard of this happening before so I suspect it's a client issue. Some clients let you zap multiple times by tapping so maybe you tapped twice by mistake? 
 nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm0d9... 
 Thanks for the feedback. We haven't changed the default to sats (yet) because a lot of small businesses using our app expect to be able to enter values in their local fiat currency. 

But we have just gone ahead and made the setting persist in your browser local storage now so at least now if you change to sats it will stick with that until you change it back rather than defaulting back to fiat all the time. 
 We've enabled the renepay plugin for our Core Lightning node and have been tweaking some of the routing fee and timeout parameters we use. Hopefully our outbound lightning payments will have a bit higher success  rate now. 
 Coinos has Dark mode now

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 Yes, it's on the todo list! 
 Does anyone know if Strike works in Canada? Cc: nostr:npub1dmcd5wqd3yku05svp6xqk5gyywek4cgg0w3dk6... 
 We don't offer any fiat on-ramp/off-ramp services. If Bull is a no go you could try Bitcoin Well. If you can't get an e-transfer to them you can also buy up to $3000 a day no-KYC with cash at a 3% spread from their ATM's if you follow these steps: https://bitcoinwell.com/blog/cash-vouchers-now-available-to-lite-accounts-in-the-bitcoin-portal 
 Anyone familiar or currently using nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwn... 
 Hi sorry we missed your email. Can you send it again or let us know what kind of issue you were running into? 
 Will you get sales if you accept Bitcoin as payment?

99% of the businesses we onboarded in Vancouver are.
When you accept Bitcoin, it opens you up to the Bitcoin community from the free online promotion we give your business.

If you don't accept Bitcoin, the Bitcoin community doesn't know about you. 
 No plans currently. There's a community-contributed woocommerce plugin here: https://github.com/reddatos/coinos-woo

Is there some platform you'd like to see support for? 
 Almost all the merchant payments we process are done over the bitcoin lightning network so the transactions are not publicly visible as you seem to be implying. 
 Not sure I agree with you there. I think the majority of people using lightning are using no-KYC custodial wallets like ours and Wallet of Satoshi which offer decent privacy without any difficulty. Of course you're trading convenience and privacy for trustlessness in those cases but for small spending amounts that might be ok for many people. 

Installing Tor Browser or Orbot is a pretty easy additional step people can take to avoid leaking their IP to us. E-cash is another good step forward because you can use it to transact without even having a pseudonymous account that the custodian can link payments to.

Ark is coming soon too and we're hopeful that it'll be another big boost for privacy and scalability on bitcoin with a simple UX. 
 3 of us at Milano in #Vancity spending Bitcoin/Lightning (and Liquid).
849 Denman St, Vancouver

Map with Bitcoin merchant locations:
coinos.io/map

For free, we set up all legal business types to accept Bitcoin/Lightning as a payment option. 
No maintenance costs, set up fees, or credit card fees.


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 Has anyone got their nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzemhx... 
 Can you share who you're trying to zap to so we can see what the receiving lightning node is and make sure we can reach them? 
 Oh nice, thanks! I don't see the DM yet but will sort that out later. Supporting Ecash from other mints is one of our next priorities. 
 nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch is it possible to redeem sa... 
 Hi Anita, I was just able to redeem a 21 sat card from tipcards.io -- what issue were you having specifically? Did you get any kind of error message or what step did it fail at? 
 Thanks, we've fixed it now! 
 Testing NWC with nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch — leave ... 
 Nope 
 Who has a coinos wallet I can try zapping?  
 I'm not sure I understand where the problem lies. That lnurlp url loads for me. Is it just that minibits can't get a payment off to our node? 
 All my test zaps from minibits via NWC in amethyst are succeeding at the moment. Takes maybe 3 or 4 seconds but haven't had any failures yet. 
 #askNostr
#coinos

Hello nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspz... 
 Hi it's not intentional if that's the case. We'll try to look into it and get it resolved. We do have dedicated onion services for our webpage vm7h454g5hiy2nt3u5o7evtz3vigtypo2mkyausakvdkbmd7wpyhx5qd.onion and mint pcc6c5dyf6562teaqfgawd4swyjfr64xsqwys3cr5c7xq6gzgx4w63yd.onion 
 I think we may have just resolved some issues with Tor connections reaching our server if you want to try again 
 Happa Butchery accepting Bitcoin/Lightning/Liquid via Coinos!
3rd Butcher in Vancouver to sign up.

Location: 
maps.app.goo.gl/xubFn7XzXBng6cLR6

For free, we can set up your business to accept Bitcoin/Lightning as a payment option. 
- We can almost guarantee you increased sales from the free marketing/promotion we give your business.
- 0 credit card fees
- 0 setup fees or maintenance fees


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 Join us on Thurs, Oct 24 for a Bitcoin networking/education event. 
1 hour of education, 1 hour of mix/mingling.

If you have a Bitcoin business you want to promote, let me know and you can speak for about 5-10min if you like!

RSVP Link:
https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinprivilege/events/303838024/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link


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 70+ merchants in Greater Vancouver accepting Bitcoin/Lightning/Liquid through us!

For free, we can set up your business to accept Bitcoin & Lightning as a payment option!
0 credit card fees
0 maintenance fees
Free marketing/promotion giving you increased sales.

Lets talk!

coinos.io
coinos.io/map (shown below)

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 nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch wallet setup was super easy... 
 Hi Turner! You can use Primal, have you tried that? What client do you use? 
 nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch is your NWC broken? Trying ... 
 I'm having trouble resolving lightning addresses from primal.net so couldn't get nostr:nprofile1qqs03ekxgdp0rczjfqrrpcn7zqtdec6lcwnpfesyxnl0f239qvege2gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvrctmej but was able to zap you just now nostr:nprofile1qqsd3uut39959acqsvzua0chkjyj2e20y2ccp3vxrwq3g8uqenmjsjqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprfmhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshs7vprz3 via coinos NWC 
 hey look coinos can read npubs and show a basic profile and follow list now!

https://coinos.io/npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6

we're using the handy dandy  @primal cache service to get follower counts 
 we moved the connection string in the UI though

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 Hmm yeah we're running Tor but maybe something is misconfigured. Will check on it 
 Still? Where were you sending from? 
 nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm0d9... 
 I think we may have just resolved our Tor issues 
 We just fixed an issue with zap receipts not being sent for people receiving zaps into their coinos lightning addresses 
 Bitcoin's price performance in the past 2 cycles after US elections:

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 yes!!! 
 Le Kogi Cafe accepting Bitcoin/Lightning!
4th business in Quebec onboarded!

lekogi.com

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 I think typical cafe items such as coffee/tea/bagels and maybe sandwiches! 
 If you don't have Alby Hub yet... why?
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(we're honestly looking for answers here) ... 
 Sure we can. Can you suggest some apps/clients that make use of some of the other methods so we can test? Currently we have pay_invoice get_info and get_balance 
 Oh I guess you're referring to the Alby NWC app? Does it need us to support all the methods in the NIP or is there some subset it's looking for?

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 workin' on it! 
 We host 8 Bitcoin meetups/events per month in #Vancity!

Details:
www.Meetup.com/Bitcoinprivilege
www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-n-beers-vabcouver

Every Mon 10am-Noon
Every Thurs 4pm-6pm
 
 Killer Ice Cream accepting Bitcoin/Lightning/Liquid in #Vancity

Coinos.io/KIC
killericecream.ca
👇
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MZb5kU7LtZedkXUK9

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 Yeah we like to think so! 90% of the merchants in BC are using Coinos! 
 Yes there is. Coinos.io/map ! 
Let us know what you think or if you have any questions! 
 Okay, since nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzdmhxue69uhhqa... 
 I think we can add push notifications even from a PWA, it's on our list to look into soon. 
 You can also turn on email notifications if you verify your email 
 nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvu... 
 not officially but you can try this: https://coinos.io/api/public/coinos.apk

shhh 
  nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch, welcome to  nostr:npub19h... 
 thanks! 
 Just set up this web app. Have a wallet address of bevo@coinos..io. This app is awesome. Reminds ... 
 Thanks! 
 Yes extension support is on the todo list. Also even manually importing nsec's might be kind of broken at the moment just as a heads up, someone was reporting issues with it the other day. 
 We just enabled NIP 47 Nostr Wallet Connect or NWC!

Thanks  @Alby and others for the push

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 Is it working now by any chance? 
 🤩 We love to hear it! 
 Good question. The profile page is used for payments of all types. Technically,  we are not a "POS".

With merchants that use us, they have 2 options.
1 - Have a tablet/smartphone with Coinos on it for the cashier to open for the customers to scan, or add a Coinos button to the current tablet being used.

2 - Have a QR code printed & a small 4inchx3inch printer for the cashier to have on-hand. Cashier tells the customer what they owe, customer scans the QR code, sends the payment, then the printer prints a receipt confirming the payment.
This is less work/steps for the cashier than Visa/MasterCard.
 
 Thanks! Working hard! 
 Let's you connect your coinos wallet to your nostr app and several other apps. More info here: https://nwc.dev/ 
 Seems to be up this morning. Are you still seeing this issue? 
 Good suggestions! 
 Ok yep good suggestions 
 Do you know which clients have the ability to show balance by the way? We did implement the get_balance method but haven't tested it in the wild 
 Thanks, will take a look 
 Any better now? Just fixed a bug with our nwc responses 
 If your sending wallet is coinos NWC and the receicers lightning address is @coinos.io then we actually send an internal payment and skip lightning altogether so it's faster than lightning 
 That doesn't sound right. Have you tried recently? Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing so we can try to address it? 
 Gm! Got some freshly baked printers going out to nostr:nprofile1qqsvgyxy94rnza6lx8h8cma3wvxs3n6rpeq0d88wdumwjwtml0z4tkcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtca0fyz4 and nostr:nprofile1qqs9hzpwmg6k4n57wlka87asu562dze9wpkxpnt8vhvat252l3v9lyspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7u3hvmn today https://image.nostr.build/0469623ad1a9348c1c0e6d2bf95a5f074469b61df3df94441b9f966c955a7049.jpg

https://github.com/coinos/coinos-printer