Money has always been a political decision. Who issues it, who controls it, who can use it and who can't. Those questions always had an owner. Bitcoin was the first time the answer didn't depend on any government, bank, or institution. Mostro 🧌 goes one step further: the exchange doesn't depend on anyone either. Open protocol. Sovereign nodes. Permissionless.

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

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Creating an order on Mostro 🧌 takes less than a minute. Here's how it works: 1️⃣ Open the app and choose whether you want to buy or sell Bitcoin 2️⃣ Set the amount, payment method, and fiat currency 3️⃣ The order gets published on your community node's order book 4️⃣ Another user takes it and the trade begins 5️⃣ You confirm the fiat payment, the escrow is released, and sats arrive via Lightning ⚡ No forms. No verification. No waiting. Watch how it works:

On Mostro 🧌, reputation doesn't depend on an account. It depends on how you trade. After each trade, both users can rate each other and leave a comment. That history stays attached to your pubkey. Since identity on Mostro runs on Nostr, there's no server storing your profile. It's just you, your key, and what you've built trade by trade. The more you trade, the more your history speaks for itself ⚡ Try it:

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

#Bitcoin #P2P #Nostr #Lightning

With Mostro 🧌, any community can run its own node: their own P2P exchange, with their own rules, payment methods, and currencies. Here's how the architecture works: ⚡ The node runs on Lightning and communicates via Nostr 🔑 Each node has its own sovereign pubkey 📱 Clients (app, CLI) connect to their community's node 🧩 If one node goes down, the rest keep running No central server. No single point of failure. Explore the code:

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Lightning Network peer-to-peer nostr platform. Mostro has 28 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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When my friends ask me where to do P2P Bitcoin trading.

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

No company will give you financial privacy. No government will guarantee you access to money. No app gives you real freedom if you don't control the keys. Mostro 🧌 exists because some people decided to build instead of wait. Open protocol. Permissionless. No intermediaries. The exchange is yours if you want it.

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

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Banks, centralized exchanges, custodians. They all have something in common: they need you to trust them to work. Mostro 🧌 starts from a different place. The escrow works by math, not goodwill. Privacy works by cryptography, not policies. Your identity works by keys, not accounts. When the protocol guarantees, you don't need to trust.

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

#Bitcoin #P2P #Nostr #Cypherpunk

🇨🇺 Cuba. 🇨🇴 Colombia. 🇪🇸 Spain. 🇧🇴 Bolivia. These Bitcoin communities already run their own P2P exchange with Mostro 🧌. Their node, their rules, no KYC for their users, fees that stay inside the community. Is yours still depending on a centralized exchange? The Mostro Community Program is open. We'll help you set up your node, for free. Apply:

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Lightning Network in 60 seconds. Bitcoin base-layer takes ~10 minutes per block. For P2P trading, that's slow. Lightning fixes that: ⚡ Off-chain payment channels ⚡ Settlement in seconds ⚡ Sub-cent fees ⚡ Non-custodial Mostro 🧌 uses Lightning for escrow: your sats stay locked in your own channel, not in anyone's hands, until the trade completes. That's real P2P. Get started 👉

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

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🆕 New version available Mostro Mobile v1.2.5 A new version of the Mostro app is here, focused on better control, smarter filtering, and improved notifications. 🧌 What’s new: - New filter by account age: Filter offers based on how long the maker has been active, helping you trade with more established users. - Configurable trade history retention: Choose how long you want to keep your trade history from settings. - Improved background chat notifications: More reliable P2P chat alerts. - Bug fixes & UX improvements. 📱 Download the Mostro mobile app: • GitHub:

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Release v1.2.5 · MostroP2P/mobile

⚡ Mostro Mobile v1.2.5 A new version of the Mostro P2P Bitcoin trading app is here! This release brings 4 new feature(s): feat: filter offers by...

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A modern, secure mobile client for the Mostro peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform. This is a fully-featured mobile application that enables secur...

🙌 Thanks to everyone contributing feedback, it directly shapes Mostro. Try it, break it, report it. Mostro is open source 😎

Got my brand new ID card. Official and super well made. BUT ACTUALLY... #Bitcoin #P2P #NoKYC #Mostro #Privacy

Does your Bitcoin community want its own P2P exchange? Y You just need to believe in financial sovereignty. With the Mostro Community Program we walk you through every step: 🌍 Technical onboarding included 🌍 You choose local payment methods 🌍 No KYC for your users 🌍 Fees go to your community Cuba, Colombia, Spain, and Bolivia already did it. Who's next? Apply 👉

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Money is a language. And like every language, whoever controls it controls the discourse. Central banks print. Exchanges demand documents. Governments block withdrawals. Bitcoin is the first money nobody can censor, counterfeit, or confiscate. Mostro 🧌 is the freest way to acquire it, no permission needed, no trail left, no middlemen. Trade P2P ⚡

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

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How does reputation work in Mostro? In a CEX, your history is stored by the company. If the company shuts down, reputation gone. In Mostro 🧌 it's different: ⚡ Every successful trade adds to your pubkey ⚡ History lives on Nostr, decentralized and immutable ⚡ Switch apps or nodes, your reputation travels with you ⚡ Nobody can erase it Your track record is yours. Always. Try it 👉

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

#Bitcoin #Nostr #P2P

🚀 Mostrix v0.1.9 is out! This release brings a big UX upgrade to Mostrix, and one especially important improvement: 💬 User chat during active orders is now alive That is a huge step forward for the trading experience, making active orders feel much more interactive and practical directly from the TUI. Also included in this release: • Switch Mode (User ↔ Admin) is now a clear Settings option • Shift+H opens a full Settings help overlay • My Trades got better footer/help layout for small terminals • Active order chats are sorted by newest trade first • General UI and usability improvements This version makes Mostrix feel more complete, more intuitive, and much better for real day to day use. Try it out and let us know what you think 👀

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Release Release v0.1.9 · MostroP2P/mostrix

Verifying the Release In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and ho...

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Privacy is for choosing. Every time you hand your identity to an exchange, you're not just complying with a law, you're delegating who decides what you can do with your money. Mostro 🧌 doesn't ask for documents. Just a keypair. Because financial sovereignty begins the moment you stop asking for permission. Trade free ⚡

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

#Bitcoin #Privacy #P2P

What makes a Mostro Community different? ✅ Own node, the infrastructure is yours ✅ Own rules, you define the payment methods ✅ No KYC for your users ✅ Earn fees on every trade ✅ Technical support included ✅ Disputes resolved by your people, in your language Already on the network: 🇨🇺 Cuba · 🇨🇴 Colombia · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇧🇴 Bolivia When does yours join? Apply 👉

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The world after leaving CEX 🌈 Less permission. More freedom. Mostro 🧌 + Lightning ⚡

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

What is double spending and why did Bitcoin solve it forever? Before Bitcoin, no digital money could prevent someone from spending the same funds twice, without a bank in the middle.Satoshi fixed it with proof-of-work: the network validates every transaction and writes history to the chain. Immutable. Non-custodial. Permissionless. Mostro 🧌 builds on top of that. When you trade P2P, the protocol guarantees sats go where they should.No middlemen. No blind trust. 📖 Learn more ⚡

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.

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A Lightning hold invoice is basically a time-locked escrow: The seller locks sats. The buyer pays. Lightning releases funds atomically when both confirm. No escrow service. No third party. No counterparty risk. This is what P2P Bitcoin trading looks like when you use the right tool. ⚡ Lightning is the settlement layer. Always was. Trade P2P →

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Mostro — Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin Exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr

Non-custodial P2P Bitcoin exchange on Lightning Network & Nostr. Trade Bitcoin peer-to-peer without intermediaries, KYC, or custody.