Anita

Freedom Tech. Founder Bitcoin for Fairness. Book: (L)earn Bitcoin. 🌍 Nomad. Africa & Europe

„Bitcoin is emancipation from financial patriarchy.“

Public Key

npub1tjkc9jycaenqzdc3j3wkslmaj4ylv3dqzxzx0khz7h38f3vc6mls4ys9w3

NIP-05 Address

anita@anita.link

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs9etvzezvwuespxugeghtg0a7e2j0kgksprpr8mt30tcn5ckvddlcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsv3dn45

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1tjkc9jycaenqzdc3j3wkslmaj4ylv3dqzxzx0khz7h38f3vc6mls4ys9w3

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2026-03-18 17:34:59 UTC

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Exactly. But you see that there are hardware wallets that are already doing it too. Then other manufacturers will feel the need to offer the convenience as well. And downwards we go with the standards.

2026-03-18 17:25:15 UTC

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I don’t know…but I know that it basically locks you in on the manufacturer as it doesn’t give you a seed.

2026-03-18 05:44:16 UTC

As someone who knows @npub1der…xzpc and @npub12rv…85vg and many others with nyms personally - and I don’t know their full name - I don’t understand the need to uncover the rEaL identity of someone. What does it matter what the name on the ID is for their art, work or code?
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/mar/18/banksy-identity-revealed-real-name-bristol-born-man-reuters-investigation

2026-03-16 10:26:53 UTC

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Wait 100 years

2026-03-16 10:25:05 UTC

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I see no problem when people use LLMs to create their posts. I use it to edit text too. What I really dislike is bots acting as people when they follow up with questions and interactions. I am not spending my time talking with bots. It would be great to immediately see a hint or something that it’s an agent.

2026-03-14 18:09:00 UTC

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HELLO
https://image.nostr.build/0d24ea20ddeac499d709021ff65fc9ea7f5a16c7348219040fc87eed2cb6357d.jpg

2026-03-12 12:10:19 UTC

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Still. The US started it. I am not excusing anyone here.
Happy you are safe and out! Appreciate the write up.

2026-03-09 20:55:09 UTC

…and at least one reply bot is answering. Circle jerking…
#nevent1q…zdup
#note1rks…cuzy

2026-03-08 10:57:26 UTC

This poster announcing Women’s Day to demand voting rights was banned by the German Reich in 1914.
112 years later women are still subject to male violence, inequality, dehumanization, all sorts of sexual exploitation, earn less, and are held back by stereotypes of femininity.
We have a long way to go, but we’re not stopping the fight!
https://image.nostr.build/a8ef1b6d71158e605fbb24c093545b0e48e6b2637749dd2c09236629a285ce6a.jpg

2026-03-07 09:16:40 UTC

Fees are low.
Open Lightning channels on your node, on @npub1get…0nfm , or @npub1xnf…lpr5 install @npub148q…jra7, swap to Liquid… fees will go up in the near or far future.
Be prepared.
https://image.nostr.build/0a090410d734245963030540577211558d1feb6171b1a27edac0cdb1ac507e20.jpg

2026-03-04 09:24:21 UTC

Absolutely ridiculous.
Bitcoin is nothing without it‘s permissionlessness and censorship resistance.
Stick to TradFi if you want to censor.
#note15tz…glgj

2025-10-31 08:49:59 UTC

Happy Bitcoin Whitepaper Day!
17 years ago Satoshi published the concept for Bitcoin.
https://anitaposch.com/bitcoin-whitepaper
https://image.nostr.build/870e6f075f24868e2552c56b2ae80c3c3f6e1032ba2198f8c254d9db9ac9552e.png

2025-10-21 10:05:07 UTC

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Absolutely. Which country was that where your father traded currency?

2025-10-21 08:48:20 UTC

My new article captures the current state of Bitcoin in Zimbabwe. The country had six currency collapses since 1980.
Bitcoin hasn't solved Zimbabwe's broader economic problems. It won't fix corruption, infrastructure, or international sanctions, but for people willing to learn, it offers something Zimbabwe's government cannot take away: financial sovereignty.
I'm sharing the story of a farmer, because too many Bitcoin discussions stay theoretical. Critics dismiss it as speculation; maximalists oversell it as a panacea.
The truth is more practical: in countries with broken monetary systems, Bitcoin provides tools that actually work - if you're willing to learn and adapt. Ethan's farm isn't running on ideology; it's running on math and incentives that align with reality.
Full article:
https://anitaposch.com/bitcoin-business-zimbabwe

2025-08-28 18:44:50 UTC

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That was a bad decision.

2025-08-28 16:36:08 UTC

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Why does it still say @getalby instead of anita@anita.link on Damus?

2025-08-28 16:32:00 UTC

My comparison of Nostr and Bluesky goes on:
Verifying my username on Bluesky via my own domain was totally easy and straightforward by adding a TXT entry in the DNS panel. As long as one knows how to add a DNS entry. https://image.nostr.build/74b39a14dc562689137eaa7d2ae063475444096fafb15824a8483eba5f307213.jpg
The NIP-05 verification for Nostr is much more complex. You need different files, the HEX of your npub, put a folder in your public-html folder and add a htaccess file. The tutorials I found were all confusing to me. In the end I think I did it right or not?
Why is Amethyst showing this red icon?
How can I test my setup?

2025-08-26 13:46:25 UTC

Would be great if we could stop fighting about things that can’t be changed and build more privacy, focus on easy self-custody and decentralization and implement quantum resistant addresses.
#note100f…89x7

2025-08-20 15:45:02 UTC

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I still feel that non-monetary data shouldn’t be on Bitcoin. But the problem isn’t solved by running knots.
https://youtu.be/toXz0cP5LNI

2025-08-10 11:42:55 UTC

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Individual or collective level: Bitcoin is an alternative.

2025-08-09 17:54:54 UTC

Evil.
#note15wt…mx3v

2025-08-07 15:35:33 UTC

In 2018 or something a journalist of a big Austrian daily newspaper interviewed me and wrote a story about Bitcoin.
The article was never published as the editors felt it was too positive towards Bitcoin.
#note1yjz…8g2l

2025-08-02 11:14:00 UTC

Anyone experience with @npub1235…0ht5 and Android Auto / car. Does it work?

2025-07-27 09:57:14 UTC

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And it’s not a Bitcoin problem, it’s the merchants system that’s often unavailable.

2025-07-25 13:15:21 UTC

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Dec 2021
https://anitaposch.com/bitcoinmagazine-elsalvador

2025-07-21 12:38:33 UTC

Please send some zaps to show the support from abroad to #Mozambique
#note157n…wjrq

2025-05-21 10:29:53 UTC

KYC is the illicit activity.
The attackers knew the hardware wallet the man was using and the exact amount of his funds.
Don't use centralized exchanges.
Earn bitcoin or get it peer to peer.
Never share your seed phrase with anyone.
Always verify a caller by contacting the company directly before sending funds.
https://image.nostr.build/83d5ad85bd6acd605ce9eba6437c25010ca9d4f85c2b020d3856c39798a39a54.jpg

2025-04-29 11:31:16 UTC

I‘m usually early or on time. Today this paid off, because the system at the Harare checkin was down, which is very common. Behind us the queue was building while we are already at the gate.
Leaving the African continent for Europe. I have been in Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Will hopefully be back in a couple of months. Going is always a rollercoaster of emotions, sad to leave, happy to arrive.
https://image.nostr.build/95efaa6fbc4fb7e1ae3465d39a78ae530f85eb55dc8be67cb851ecf047ad78ba.jpg

2025-04-11 13:36:44 UTC

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That’s sophisticated 🤗 now you need to add chopping it and waiting for 90 min.

2025-03-19 10:49:33 UTC

Look what I found in an artist’s studio in Harare. An old Reuters trading keyboard. It has a „Mine“ key on the top right. https://image.nostr.build/4f3dbdf493bb98619468fcc016f270ecbc64c0491e93081a4577f55a04b10d0c.jpg

2025-02-25 15:35:42 UTC

When I started with Bitcoin I monitored the price.
Eight years later I monitor the transaction costs. https://image.nostr.build/4f7bc4d6488c2294f7cc43e2c8d6e9a4a3ddfcdacdf669c66cc2c3f88e8e24ef.jpg

2025-02-21 19:48:11 UTC

Democracy and freedom are not possible without privacy.
„As a result, British citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-demanded-backdoor/

2025-02-13 18:32:40 UTC

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Yes, that happens to be true for PicknPay and petrol, but not for the coffeehouse owners. They accept BTC directly. It’s hard to onboard the big companies directly to Bitcoin, but this way it’s at least a start and people who earn or remit bitcoin can spend it without converting it to fiat first.

2025-02-13 16:17:49 UTC

Bitcoin is money!
Almost daily I am purchasing goods at any of over 2,000 PicknPay stores, coffee at First Light Coffee in Jeffreysbay and petrol at TotalEnergies with WiCode vouchers from @bitrefill in #SouthAfrica.
Today I tested the new feature in @npub1ajl…zx3q which allows you to directly pay the QR code from PicknPay. It worked! Thanks to the @npub1jug…fc28 SDK that enables Lightning payments via swaps from @npub1nyy…7gan https://image.nostr.build/e3ce3393169b004dcfa63447d2be953c2d05c1e115b7c569a0910706ebc259c3.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1bf5ca85fd854ec90c90f79a153f2b14e7ca718aa794468e6dda5e6f59b3268b.jpg

2025-02-08 11:32:47 UTC

Constantly working for Bitcoin. Working on new videos demonstrating Bitcoin‘s impact in South Africa, where people earn and spend it.
This is Rene from SimplySow a NPO supporting abandoned babies. https://image.nostr.build/23496a9c2c88f0fdfa9d7e5b0e3ce753bf51f5945996be8aa835c8ca4f75daff.jpg

2025-01-20 11:50:36 UTC

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Important message. Doing a keynote at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town about the same issue this week.
#nevent1q…8tj8

2025-01-11 08:53:42 UTC

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The question mark at the end was meant to be an exclamation mark!! Ofc they deserve it.
I need editing on Nostr.

2024-12-29 18:52:21 UTC

Chilling with my biggest fan 🐶
Wishing you all a great 2025! Onwards! https://image.nostr.build/5b23df1980be91d711a367292feef7b35dfa81cb38ef7f389139afb8e4ff6de8.jpg

2024-11-29 18:47:13 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/5e42dae2f86dee0fdb1bb1ef867e726cabfbdb58c64707d65627451493eee3a7.jpg
What a great start into 2.5 weeks in Nairobi. Met with
@npub1tuj…llxq founder of BitcoinDada and @npub17k7…k09g
developer of Bitsacco today. Two of the most exciting projects in Kenya (and on the continent).

2024-11-05 23:15:52 UTC

From 2025 on visitors to Kenya must declare the IMEI of their phone at entry!! With this obligatory declaration Kenyan authorities can track everyone in realtime.
The IMEI is the unique identifier of your device, you can not change it. As soon as you use a SIM card / or eSim - these have their own unique IDs as well, which then are associated with your IMEI. This is a global standard. https://image.nostr.build/959f91de7882be9579c77d8b521f59befea6ddc9a18926472e5559e1d5833120.jpg

2024-10-08 20:53:48 UTC

I dedicate my work to Bitcoin and freedom tech, because in a world of wars, human rights abuses, corporate and governmental surveillance, ...and on goes the list.., it's crucial to have tools for people's self-defense and for millions it's really about survival. https://image.nostr.build/80dd030b5f51a7cbf2c9744400474ca419071d0a97775d891c63b59b3eda845e.jpg

2024-10-07 07:35:33 UTC

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You must be living very remote. I'm sure there are Bitcoiners in every bigger city.

2024-10-07 05:34:40 UTC

First day and first time in New Zealand and I already exchanged BTC to cash with a complete stranger. Bitcoin is the people’s network.
Thanks for connecting @npub1hrc…k525

2024-09-24 07:27:00 UTC

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Interesting. I didn’t know this.

2024-09-17 18:12:42 UTC

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What’s your secret?

2024-09-05 11:51:39 UTC

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It is, but if an authority demands access to your data they’ll get it. And your metadata gives away a lot of information. When did you talk with whom, where etc.

2024-09-05 09:40:44 UTC

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Doesn't seem so. First thing it asks is phone number. I assume they only added the option to share usernames instead of phone numbers. https://image.nostr.build/25cf5fd066f5d04fdfe63839ab78609de1af323623fd27a15e324e4395bfeb4f.jpg

2024-09-05 09:28:19 UTC

Use @npub1exv…d828 messenger! It gives you the best #privacy protection.
Unlike #Signal it doesn’t need your phone number.
#Telegram and #WhatsApp not only want your phone number they collect loads of data and metadata from your device. Especially vile is the collection of your device‘s IMEI (device ID) and sharing all that data with companies to make money and with authorities due to the need to comply.
In authoritarian countries this metadata can cost you your life! https://image.nostr.build/02ffc444d66398e8906d442253c4993cd721e9a331f88819d0a4966ef1da2e3f.jpg

2024-08-28 14:43:32 UTC

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Privacy enhancements, scaling, education.

2024-07-30 13:06:22 UTC

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The ad driven and accelerating hate algorithms are the worst.

2024-07-25 14:58:10 UTC

Yay!
Now add Shamir backup option and @npub1tg7…cxmt is optimal! #note1d2y…24cg

2024-07-24 17:00:22 UTC

From what I read and understood from Proton’s docs is that their solution is actually less privacy preserving than a regular Bitcoin wallet. As your BTC addresses are associated with your Proton email one only needs to send you BTC, then one has the email connection to the BTC address though that transaction. So as long as they don’t have default coinjoins, it’s worse. But ppl will believe it’s more private because of their other products.
Also I saw no RBF or coin control.

2024-07-14 12:38:45 UTC

The view that bitcoin is an investment only and a partisan issue is very typical for US-Americans and Europeans as it ignores billions of people in the rest of the world who need bitcoin as a tool to escape their authoritarian regimes’ financial oppression.
Bitcoin is a technology and the only form of money beneath cash that can be used by anyone without permission. Bitcoin doesn’t need politicians good will. Bitcoin is rules without rulers.
https://m.primal.net/JQXq.jpg

2024-07-06 10:23:38 UTC

Gift presence instead of presents.

2024-06-29 07:03:24 UTC

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Can’t find it. I’m on iOS. Pls screenshot

2024-06-15 16:24:50 UTC

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That‘s why earning BTC is so great. You spend and replace.

2024-06-09 16:54:23 UTC

For all of you coming to @npub167n…zu3r this week: I have been using #Lightning to pay for all of my restaurant visits. You can too ⬇️
Spend and replace your #bitcoin. More spending, more velocity, more utility, more value.
https://image.nostr.build/27d8700005a88dbe77261ccf9f06c70af1bf6a7344c753dadc95904eb830301b.jpg
Get the Qerko app. Search for restaurants. You can add BTC as a payment method. You scan the code on the table, you'll see your consumation, open your Lightning wallet. Pay. Done. Restaurant owners, waiters don’t even know that you pay them with BTC.
There are also shops accepting BTC natively find them on BTCmap.org

2024-02-27 10:19:15 UTC

Bitcoin works in #Namibia too!
Of course why shouldn’t it 😝
On tour with Bitcoin for Fairness and exploring Windhoek today. https://image.nostr.build/e2babddf158eacf9ae01e58aad7c0771f32f8cb9d61c08752413a8f9eda30263.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6c49dc93a7b56739312b3ccca207ecca06a2f0e35259bac24930e9978e659d77.jpg

2024-01-20 04:41:24 UTC

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🚀👍🏻

2024-01-19 12:14:36 UTC

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You’ll need to wait until next week, when I’ll publish the result at Adopting Bitcoin in Cape Town.

2024-01-18 17:01:55 UTC

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Not recently. Last year I couldn’t use it here. But it might have gotten better.

2024-01-18 14:33:48 UTC

Going places to test self-custodial Lightning wallets.
Mutiny, Blixt, Green, Phoenix, Zeus in comparison to Wallet of Satoshi.
This is Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 with slow internet. https://image.nostr.build/5e91af28384aeee6eb9662eee71a01fb943af1a6250f5a02e28219ee71a99501.jpg

2023-12-31 10:01:17 UTC

Happy New Year, friends!
2024 will be a blast!
Bitcoin’s 15th birthday and the Halving!
Brace yourself 🎉

2023-12-26 07:27:52 UTC

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I sent it on Twitter, cheers!

2023-12-15 04:28:42 UTC

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I think most people miss news like that. Last time someone said to me: every companies data is getting breached, so that’s not a problem for me I’m still using Ledger. 🫣

2023-12-14 17:43:38 UTC

This was my change in a Cafe in Harare today. As inflation is going wild - exchange rate was 1 USD : 200 Zimbabwe Dollar one year ago and is 1 : 8,000 today! - everyone who can get a hold of USD is using it. Only problem: there are no coins, which means if something costs 2,50 USD you need to pay 3. Only option is to ask if they can give you something else as change. This biscuit was my 50 Cents change. And you should never take a torn banknote as someone else won’t accept it. https://image.nostr.build/835ab333bf12ae50c24f2ca6053439799a1aaaa1b985e46626713fbd09b547b1.jpg

2023-11-29 14:46:25 UTC

New Tutorial Alert! Master the
@Blockstream Green Wallet with my new step-by-step guide. Learn how to install, backup, secure, restore, and personalize your self-custody #Bitcoin wallet.
✅ Your journey to financial self-sovereignty starts here:
https://youtu.be/1vdpmPGBG_8

2023-11-28 19:49:25 UTC

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I’m living in the future… #ABC23 it is.

2023-11-03 12:30:21 UTC

Beware of people who don’t understand Bitcoin, but talk as if they do.
Learn Bitcoin’s basic principles: self-custody, why Proof of Work mining, privacy and peer to peer.
That knowledge is a bullshit detector. https://image.nostr.build/5ea152470eda8840369c893c8d55d8d6f6da141b565f8bacf0ac4fc877572b5e.jpg

2023-09-16 02:51:27 UTC

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Just surprised that it’s possible to have the same handle. Only the getalby.com is missing.

2023-09-16 02:48:58 UTC

I have an imposter on Nostr. 🤷‍♂️
With my handle @anita
What now?
How do people understand that this not me? https://image.nostr.build/c88be0b0e44208b4482edeb577a0342252bbf3c82a4c97056e95470e1fbd633d.jpg

2023-07-25 18:44:43 UTC

Took me 3 months to record and edit 77 videos about Bitcoin. I had a professional editor, but sadly he did a bad job and I had to re-edit most of his videos. Still a few videos are missing and need to be recorded.
Now I’m building an - as self-sovereign as possible - online course & membership platform where ppl can pay with fiat and BTC. It’ll host the course and live Q&As with me and guests.
A big part of the program is dedicated to community builders and aspiring Bitcoin educators in the Global South. I want to share as much knowledge about self-custody and privacy as possible. With the goal to train the trainers I’m building a scholarship program for them. If you want to help please donate
https://anita.link/donate

2023-07-17 16:00:21 UTC

The world’s biggest exchange integrates Lightning while others are giving up.
I believe Lightning will be one of many solutions to scale bitcoin payments so that everyone can use it.
There are no simple solutions, only trade offs. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/9d2f784b7cf7463d07b8727fe21b46246a32f425f588b0e3d8d2c50f3d1cbfd6.jpg

2023-04-11 13:00:58 UTC

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My problem was the .htaccess entry. I did what the tutorial said, but it didn’t work.
Non-techies don’t even get so far.

2023-02-22 18:46:25 UTC

In regions where the internet is slow or unstable, using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network with self-custodial wallets can be a challenge.
That's why I did a review of the best Bitcoin Lightning wallets in rural #Zimbabwe for @BitcoinMagazine
I hear and read statements saying that newbies need convenient, easy-to-use tools, otherwise they would be overwhelmed and won’t use Bitcoin. I think this is wrong.
People who are being onboarded onto custodial services are harder to convince to step up their game toward financial sovereignty and start using non-custodial tools. There is a big resistance to change habits.
If a person starts using a custodial wallet, they very, very often believe that they are using Bitcoin already. They will tell you that they never faced any problems and that they, therefore, don’t see a need to change their setup.
As a Bitcoin educator, it is my first duty to teach people about self custody, why it is important and to make them aware of the risks they are taking. They need to understand the difference between custodial and non-custodial services.
Only then do I present different tools and make them familiar with the pros and cons of each one. Afterwards, they need to decide for themselves which route they want to take.
That is the only way that people won’t consider me responsible for any losses they might incur and it’s the only way that they will understand that Bitcoin is all about ownership.
I was unsure, though, if Phoenix or Breez would work in a setting with bad internet connectivity. That’s why I set out to do a test in the area of Great Zimbabwe, about 300 kilometers south of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.
In my review I included @Machankura8333 @MuunWallet @WalletofSatoshi @Breez_tech @ZeusLN @BlueWalletio @PhoenixWallet @ln_zap
I tested @Breez_tech, @ZeusLN and @BlueWalletio on an iPhone and @PhoenixWallet and @ln_zap on an Android device.
For the results please read my article 👇🏻
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/top-bitcoin-lightning-wallets-in-slow-internet

2023-02-11 05:43:08 UTC

GM! Moved from Astral to Damus. While it’s great to be able to login to all Nostr clients with the same private key it makes me a little anxious to enter the private key into various clients.