It’s becoming easier and easier. The exchange I use gives me a virtualized Visa Debit Card that I have on my phone. It also gives me a Lightning address.
Yesterday, I sent funds from my #nostr #safebox to my exchange Lightning address and then loaded the funds on the card. Then I went to the grocery store and bought groceries with these funds.
A few manual steps today, but soon it will be completely automatic. All that I will need is a ‘card’ to access my funds for a local spend. It won’t matter what network will be underneath.
Tim Bouma
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2026-01-23 12:43:27 GMT
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