I was looking for this exact explanation on the MiCA comment and merchant adoption. Such an insidious clause and huge barrier to bitcoin adoption.👇 Note to clarify what Matyas meant about MiCA regulation: While MiCA does not directly regulate merchants, its travel rule requirements effectively forced third-party Bitcoin payment processors — e.g. Confirmo & Qerko — to treat fiat conversion as a financial service, requiring them to KYC every customer. Since they aren’t complying, these processors stopped supporting merchant Bitcoin payments, and since most merchants relied on them rather than managing self-custody, they stop accepting Bitcoin altogether.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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You're The Voice | by Efrat Fenigson • You Can’t Run Forever: Building Bitcoin Sovereignty from Inside the EU - Matyas Kuchar | Ep. 135 • Listen on Fountain

Matyas Kuchar is a Czech Bitcoin OG and co-founder of BTC Prague, Europe's largest Bitcoin-only conference. Born into a country shaped by communist...

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C'est quand meme ironique qu'a terme d'une commission d'enquête sur le financement de l'audiovisuel public, des députés peuvent voter pour ne pas rendre le rapport public. C'est a dire, voter pour avoir passé du temps et de l'argent public pour rien... #alloncle #rapportalloncle #audiovisuel

Thinking about starting BJJ. Any accounts to follow ?

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Citadel Dispatch • CD200: UTXO - WISP - BETTER NOSTR • Listen on Fountain

UTXO The Webmaster joins to discuss his new android nostr client Wisp, spark wallet integration, encrypted nsec seed backups, and his controversial...

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I'm curious to know why would bitcoiners "hate" Nostr seeing it aligns perfectly with the bitcoin ethos. It seems like an unnecessarily strong opinion.

Fountain: Podcasts & Music

Citadel Dispatch • CD200: UTXO - WISP - BETTER NOSTR • Listen on Fountain

UTXO The Webmaster joins to discuss his new android nostr client Wisp, spark wallet integration, encrypted nsec seed backups, and his controversial...

I don't know much about Hungarian politics, but I gathered that if you voted Orban youre an authoritarian pro-Russia traitor and if you voted Magyar you're an EU communist. Did I get it right?

Je serai curieux de connaître les sanctions de la CNIL envers les entités publiques hackées. Depuis début 2026, on y compte URSSAF, OFII, Services-public.gouv.fr, Agence Régionale de Santé, CNRS, Ministere de l'économie et des finances, Ministère des Sports, Gendarmerie Nationales, Police Nationales, Ministère de l'intérieur et des armées, CAF, Ministère de l'éducation, SIA, La Poste... https://fountain.fm/episode/RoMOxOxDuhfq1s9EfGc6

The EU being a creation of the CIA and modeled after Soviet Russia is a wild but interesting take. Expert guests. https://fountain.fm/episode/WgswxaU8IMZ9AQ060X9F

Hey @Club Orange, I have paid a year subscription but I am unable to use the app. First, I cannot seem to be able activate approximate geolocalization, and second, I cannot see the merchant map because "Google maps is unavailable on my device". Could you help me with that? For context, I use GrapheneOS.

If you bought your bitcoin on exchanges and live like its no-kyc, you're gonna have a bad time... https://fountain.fm/episode/kpIgseUQ4YpTGqI4UKtB

FUCKING YES 1:19:00-1:20:00 https://fountain.fm/episode/fmyBdLUVpoYb6zE0CjGa

Discord is required to implement ID verification in Brazil, Europe and UK from march 2026. They have said they plan on rolling this out worldwide, whether or not it is mandatory in individual jurisdiction. @Efrat Fenigson https://fountain.fm/episode/3yN817dut3vzdVHUnd6V

Excellent podcast avec un invité de haut niveau. Cependant, plusieurs points me posent problèmes dans le discours européen. Notamment celui de penser que l'autoritarisme est toujours chez les autres et que l'État est le seul gardien de la raison. Force est de constater que l'Europe s'est lancée dans une dérive de contrôle et de surveillance numérique qui était totalement impensée il y a 5ans. Monnaie de banques centrales, Identité numerique, surveillance de masse via Chat control 1.0 et 2.0. Il n'y a aucune raison de penser que la vérification de l'âge (lire verification d'identité) se limitera aux grandes plateformes de réseaux sociaux. Pour preuve, on voit déjà se dessiner des propositions de vérification d'identité au niveau de l'OS ou de l'appstore, et contournement du cryptage bout a bout au niveau de l'appareil, ce dont Éric Botherel semble penser acceptable ("du moment que le cryptage bout a bout n'est pas fragilisé"). La France est extrêmement hostile envers les OS securisés comme GrapheneOS. Les VPNs eux aussi seront soumis a une vérification d'identité. Il faut résister ces abus. Les gens veulent avoir une vie privé en ligne, cela aussi a l'égard du gouvernement, chose qu'ils ne semblent pas comprendre. https://fountain.fm/episode/n6PyRu4ytcDdqKIt6PXL

@Club Orange Is there a way to manually select a location? I don't want to give my precise or approximate location. Also, is google maps really the only allowed app for the 'search merchants' function?

Just ordered a SLNT faraday crossbody sling, paid with ₿ ⚡. Real Gs move in silence @slntbutdeadly Have your phone on you but check it only when you want to, no distraction. https://slnt.com/

Not a single mention of bitcoin in a podcast about hard money, economic unrest and cbdc's? https://fountain.fm/episode/4ZZCBHzrjrW3ejHkJCwE

Mike Benz is an investigative journalism treasure. The Jeffrey Epstein story is not an underage sex trafficking story. Listen to Mike pull the threads on the story behind the story. https://fountain.fm/episode/DIMutBYuzxlRVDfIqqwe

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Choosing a VPN that's independent from your other services and not part of any ecosystem is clearly not mentioned enough. @npub1dd9z...xe7p is also a strong contender for iOS. https://fountain.fm/episode/KaZzLhnp6TIWiGdQws7v