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I think that if this stuff makes you in anyway emotional, it's probably better to avoid the subject. If of course it's not brought up by you, @SimpleStacker had a good point. Just relax and ask questions. And try to understand their pov. That alone is even more valuable than them agreeing with you.
Unless they ask you to, I wouldn't recommend to "educate" anyone really. Especially not on those issues. If they're open to learn, they'll ask you for your expert opinion. Realize though that unless your information is first-hand, you're probably not an expert.
This is exactly why Bitcoin works and why LN works (in self-custodial forms), but none of the solutions that introduce a third party work. And I think on cashu / fedi you have 2 points where it can go wrong: the mints, and the gateways.
It is therefore always inferior.
Glad I don't work a job where any prediction markets will depend on me.
It happens in any case where people use the fruits of your labor to make money. And people can get really pissy if they believe you can make them rich and you refuse to do so (even if you do it out of spite, you still have the right to refuse). It's unfortunately a fact of life that anons on the internet can become dangerous, and the level of police cooperation really depends on where you are, and your profile/connections.
Therefore, whenever I see people in the Bitcoin space quit due to being on the receiving end of threats, I mostly empathize. Even mild threats can still make you look over your shoulder and generally feel unsafe. Not many jobs are worth that.
I guessed your lightning address, used it twice manually, and the url it generates always ends up in user not found. Must be something on their end.
That URL gives a 500 error on coinos side, "user not found":
% curl -v -L "https://staging.coinos.io/api/lnurl/fa1864dd-2d83-44c3-bae7-47379746df23?amount=1000"
* Host staging.coinos.io:443 was resolved.
[..]
> GET /api/lnurl/fa1864dd-2d83-44c3-bae7-47379746df23?amount=1000 HTTP/2
> Host: staging.coinos.io
< HTTP/2 500
< date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:27:36 GMT
< content-type: application/json
< content-length: 16
[..]
<
"user not found"
From a previous post on their blog
Inverse regulatory capture. It's an invitation, "pls capture me, daddy". This is how lame we are today.