5 sats \ 2 replies \ @tnuts420 27 Jun 2023
does anyone here use the orange pill app? it sounds interesting, but i'm not sure i want to pay for a service that connects me to other bitcoiners irl. is it just used for networking and meetups and the like?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @cecil 3 Jul 2023
used it for a month, not a bad app but kind of pointless since nostr. terrible customer service convinced me to cancel.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatoshiNakanodo OP 28 Jun 2023
I was hesitant at first too. But I was kind of desperate to connect with other bitcoiners in my area. Since I don’t live in a big city with an active meetup group I decided to give it a try. I paid for the lifetime membership – I think it was about $40 USD at the time which I paid via Lightning by contacting the developer directly. For me it has been worth it so far. I’ve only met 3 other bitcoiners from my area so far, but the app doesn’t limit you to connecting with just people in your local area. For example, I’m connected with Natalie Brunell, Ben from BTC Sessions and others who I can message directly and they’re all very active and responsive. More and more people seem to be joining every day.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatoshiNakanodo OP 2 Jul 2023
Posting a copy of the original post here (since Twitter is shit and now blocks outside views)...
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @premitive1 27 Jun 2023
why? i don't understand this announcement at all. Lightning already exists, what do zaps have to do with it? the is a strange fragmentation of bitcoin through nostr.
also to @tnuts420, I use it, and I would say it's very early days still in terms of what value one might get out of it.
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @SatoshiNakanodo OP 28 Jun 2023
Orange Pill App is a social platform for meeting other bitcoiners. The Zap feature is just an easy (one-click) way to pay people directly through the app.
For example, let’s say you connect with someone via the app, you meet up for a few drinks at a local pub, one of you foots the bill, the other can square up by zapping sats. Or maybe you want to buy or sell something.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @premitive1 2 Jul 2023
If I foot the bill for dinner, it seems pretty obvious that I should generate an invoice and take payment directly to my lightning wallet, than allowing the OPA to intermediate that transaction. There are privacy concerns, and, of course, the continued question of WHY?
OPA should work on improving the services and interface they have now, rather than adding in a bunch of half-thought trendy services.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SatoshiNakanodo OP 2 Jul 2023
When you say 'fragmentation' are you referring to coin fragmentation or fragmentation of the bitcoin network effect? I'm not sure I see this as an issue here, but am open to being educated.
I do understand where you're coming from regarding the counterparty risks. But I tend to think new use cases are borne from places where we least expect so live and let live (or, if the experiment fails, live and let die). Anyway, who am I to tell someone else what services they should or shouldn't include in their app? If the counterparty risk is a concern for me I can simply choose not to use it.
(Also, I don't think OPA is built on nostr? I could be wrong.)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 2 Jul 2023
You and I are human beings with our own opinions. Business relies on our good opinions to make money.
They already got my money, so maybe my opinion doesn't matter, but if they want to get MORE people to give them their money...
Zaps were invented as a way for people to send lightning bitcoin to an event as a value offering. Since OPA isn't an open source protocol, I don't think "zaps" fit the medium. Maybe it's just a negative reaction to that word.
By fragmentation, I mean that only certain wallets will work with these zaps, whereas the basic lightning invoice will work with ALL lightning wallets, regardless of implementation. Furthermore, the appropriation of "zaps" outside of nostr confuses their initial intent or meaning. Podcasting 2.0 had developed the "boost" over a year ago allowing people to send lightning payments through podcast apps. At first I thought that was cool, but now I don't know how cool the attempted marketing is. Next year we're going to have pumps? Then shouts, hits, bumps.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tnuts420 27 Jun 2023
appreciate the response
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