I feel like a fool admitting this, but if my experience can help even a Stacker out there save on sats, then I should be courageous in sharing my learning point.
Ever since I decided to acquire the Bitcoin Standard by hook or by crook, I have been transferring sats from SN to Muun so as to buy gift cards from Bitrefill. That is, until a Stacker enlightened me that Muun charges on-chain transaction fees, so it’s prudent not to use this custodial wallet in the first place. I then switched to using the Zebedee wallet.
This went on for 18 transactions because I wrote about them here and there. This would have gone on indefinitely, if it weren’t for DarthCoin who pointed out that I could have just used my SN wallet instead.
This was a Eureka! 💡 moment for me. I knew that I could send a Stacker some sats along with a message, but it just never occurred to me that I could use my SN wallet to pay for stuff. I think it’s because Zebedee doesn’t include Stacker News as a payment option, so that’s why I assumed I must use one of the wallets ‘endorsed’ by ZBD.
So I decided to put my SN wallet to the test. I pasted my invoice from Bitrefill.
Oh my goodness, it worked!
I activated the gift card I bought successfully on Bitrefill.
It arrived safe and sound on my food takeout app.
This is a game changer for me. Previously, I always pay ZBD a 1% fee for facilitating my purchase of Bitrefill gift cards. If I cut ZBD as the middleman, I just need to pay 1 sat for the transaction. Why didn’t I learn this earlier?!
TL;DR: Buy Bitrefill gift cards directly with your SN wallet.
116 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 13 Apr
Yep! It’s for functional. Just be aware of sat limit for your wallet here
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Love the title and the fact that you forwarded zaps to siggy and not darth 😂
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Darth consistently says that he doesn’t need the sats. But we all need to help siggy47 turn in profits so that we can have ~bitcoin_beginners forever. So you see, I’m not entirely altruistic haha
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I stopped using Muun wallet a while ago thanks to a recommendation from @Darthcoin also, now I'm using Electrum
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I owe @DarthCoin many because whenever I read anything from him, I learn something.
Very nice article, I like it.
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Remember to blur all numbers that could attach your identity to a transaction, in case you want some kind of anonymity.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @pajdo 13 Apr
How much are the premiums on Bitrefill though?
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Good to know!
Hell the fuck ya.
The future is here.
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Great! As you said middleman, we need to omit them for Bitcoin's sake.
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Thanks for sharing! Ah an Bitcoin is peer to peer. Great to get closer to basics!
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Bitcoin is going away from middleman (the banks), yet we are getting some new forms of middleman our of nowhere.
I think CEx are also middleman.
P2P is the best way to trade Bitcoin.
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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116 sats \ 0 replies \ @az 13 Apr
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