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My Worst Experience
197 sats \ 6 comments \ @hasherstacker 11h bitcoin_beginners
I need to be open about something that irritated me so much this week.
I tried using Yellow Card to buy Bitcoin with mobile money. It's now over 96 hours and the transaction isn't settled. No sats, no refund, just waiting.
That's exactly why I've been telling you that exchanges are a bad way to onboard people. Shitcoin companies are even the most worst. They promising ease of use, but in reality they lock you into their broken systems. They scrape your data, they burn your time, and when something goes wrong—you're totally at their mercy.
And the worst? They're not even Bitcoin service. They mix in shitcoins, confusing newcomers and polluting the signal. How am I to onboard people into freedom if the onramp is dropping into a mess like this?
Bitcoin's supposed to be about sovereignty, speed, and certainty. P2P honors that. Brokers like Yellow Card betray that.
If you care about your sats, your time, and your freedom, stay away from shitcoin companies. If you care about actual adoption, P2P is the only legitimate onramp.
This was a painful reminder: we cannot outsource freedom to middlemen. We have to build it ourselves, peer to peer.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9h
next time, try to stripe your real name... is not good to leak that on a public place.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 11h
Sorry to hear that, hope you get your money back soon.
I haven't heard of Yellow Card. Where are they based?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker OP 10h
The only option for buying Bitcoin with mobile money in a number of countries in Africa. We need P2P exchanges. We need more of the P2P exchange platforms.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 9h
That's exactly why I've been telling you that exchanges are a bad way to onboard people [...]
Okay, so you told us why we shouldn't use exchanges and some ideological stuff
But you didn't tell us why you used an exchange anyway
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker OP 9h
In my country, Yellowcard is the only way to buy Bitcoin with cash via mobile money or bank. The local currency is worthless, and isn't used anywhere outside the country. So, forex is very scarcer. That's the reason I'm building Bitcoin circular economy in my community, where people won't need to trusted any central entity, but use a pure P2P exchange platforms like Mostro.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 10h
Did you check this before trusting them with your money?
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