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Hodlstay
@hodlstay

Stay anywhere with bitcoin
For plebs by plebs
100% bitcoin business
We aim to make bitcoin more saleable

Relays (7)
  • wss://relay.nostr.band – read & write
  • wss://r.hostr.cc – read & write
  • wss://relay.primal.net – read & write
  • wss://purplepag.es – read & write
  • wss://nostr.openordex.org – read & write
  • wss://freelay.sovbit.host – read & write
  • wss://relay.lax1dude.net – read & write

Recent Notes

Niko Nakamoto · 3w
😮
rfc · 3w
Really? It’s too similar? I’m no lawyer but… I don’t understand what grounds they have to stand on for that. Bed for Bitcoin (B4B)
rfc · 3w
Btw I can’t zap you, is your wallet setup?
Oshi · 3w
Noooooo! Bunch of fiat assholes
Oshi · 3w
StayBTC
Ajax · 3w
I kind of saw it coming - I have a client whose name included the term "BnB". Years ago they got a cease and desist from AirBnB and, as much as I wanted to advise them to tell AirBnb to "fuck off", the prudent course of action was to save the cash for their rebrand. 😁
VINNY · 3w
You’ve made it
VINNY · 3w
Vrbtc
Nostr Gang · 3w
CitadelStay?
Sun of the Moon · 3w
VRBObtc😉 EverywhereBTC
Rusty · 3w
BnB Bitcoin.
PC · 2w
TravelBTC
Nostr Ride · 9w
Bitcoin rides
PC · 2w
Offer different services that everyone needs in BTC 👍
Oshi · 14w
Lollll
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Argentina's peso lost 68% of its purchasing power in 2022 when inflation hit 211% - a $100 grocery bill in January cost $211 by December. Here's what it meant: Argentinians rushed to buy anything tangible immediately rather than hold cash, because waiting even one month meant paying dramatically more for the same goods. Bitcoin dropped from $69,000 to $15,500 in 2022, yet many Argentinians still preferred it over pesos because even a volatile digital asset seemed more predictable than their rapidly devaluing currency.
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Trade your Silicon Valley crypto gains for Portugal's zero capital gains tax on Bitcoin held over a year, then watch your post-tax wealth stretch 10x further in Lisbon's premium neighborhoods compared to San Francisco's eye-watering rents. In El Salvador, your Bitcoin appreciation flows entirely to your pocket while you're living beachfront for the cost of a studio apartment back home. This is financial arbitrage at its most elegant: same assets, same lifestyle quality, dramatically different tax obligations and living costs.
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Western Union charges $15 to send $200 to Mexico. That same transaction using peer-to-peer networks costs 37 cents.

When Maria in Los Angeles wants to send money to her mother in Guadalajara, traditional banks force her through a gauntlet of intermediaries, each taking their cut. First her bank, then a correspondent bank, then Western Union, then a local exchange partner. Four entities, four fees, plus a 48-hour delay while they shuffle paperwork and verify what computers already know.

Direct peer-to-peer transactions eliminate this entire chain. No permission slips to headquarters in New York. No waiting for business hours in three time zones. The money moves directly from Maria's wallet to her mother's, verified by thousands of computers worldwide in minutes, not days. She keeps $14.63 of her hard-earned money instead of feeding it to financial middlemen.

In 2019, migrants sent $554 billion in remittances globally, paying an average of 6.8 percent in fees. That's $37.7 billion in pure friction costs. Meanwhile, direct peer-to-peer networks processed $3.2 trillion in transactions at a fraction of that cost, proving that permission-free money transfer isn't just possible, it's already happening at massive scale.

The banking system built its moat on being the only game in town. But when anyone with internet access can send value directly to anyone else on the planet, that moat becomes a relic of artificial scarcity.
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