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 🚢🛳️⛴️

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Atif 2 years ago
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
Awesome stuff! I tell my friends to search for Jack Mallers videos for awesome insights.
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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
@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.
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DZC 2 years ago
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.
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... View quoted note →
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 ??
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 View quoted note →
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.
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!
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 View quoted note →
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
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bodegaboxboy 2 years ago
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?
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.
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.. 👍
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..
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
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
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B 2 years ago
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