0 sats \ 4 replies \ @KenyaCoin OP 15 Aug 2022 \ parent \ on: No Internet Connection or Smartphone? You Can Still Use Bitcoin Now (*) bitcoin
This Machankura service is suitable for those whose ONLY gadget is a feature phone. Explain how you could use the Bolt card without a smartphone or computer?
Maybe if there was a service that would let you top up your account with cash, or something like that?
I think once Poncho or Fedimints are ready this would make much more sense. Uncle Jim would give you a Poncho account on his lightning node and a Bolt card to use it.
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Yup. Both of those are enticing!
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The software to manage your bold cards is now open source: https://github.com/boltcard/boltcard
This means you can setup your own server that manages your own cards, that take money from your own lightning node, all without the need of any financial intermediary.
You can also use a service like ln.cash. More details on how to do this
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Your answered your question I think.
Anyone with enough technical know-how can set up such a service.
No permission required.
The software is open source so you don't have to develop that, only customise it to your specific requirements.
The merchant would need a smart phone with NFC and Breez POS or similar.
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