HacksFlashNews #3
Another HacksFlashNews to expand your sovereignty, privacy, Opsec, health and freedom.
Online
Proton launched Docs within Proton drive. End-to-end encrypted collaborative document editing.
SpaceX started to sell Starlink Mini. Starlink Mini Kit for $599 and it will be priced cheaper in low connectivity countries. Probably in some regions of Latam and Africa.
MobiMatter offers great data plans with e-sims for very cheap prices. Possible to pay with bitcoin in anonymous way and there are data plans available with validity of 365days.
Mobility/Plan B
Antigua and Barbuda has delayed the implementation of new price thresholds for its CBI by 30 days, until the end of July 2024.
Palau e-residency might be restricted for US citizens. You never know what future holds, but might be coming soon to your country… Act accordingly with your mobility set-up and, in this case, having a mobility plan in place earlier is better than later. If you want to discuss mobility plans, Plan B and global options you can hit me up with questions.
Traveling
Aleksandar Svetski launches SATLANTIS.IO that is decentralized travel, social, community network. No need to create separate account, just join with your Nostr key. Learn more about Satlantis project here:
Payments/banking
Field report: Meru - bank account in USA.
You can open US personal bank account at Lead Bank via Meru.
All can be opened and set with Latam IDs (for example Paraguay ID and additional PY documents).
Deposit to account from:
credit/debit card with fee around 2-3%
ACH bank transfer from US bank account (free)
wise
binance
USDT/USDC
Withdrawal:
bank account wire transfer to: EU, USA, COL, VEN, AR, PER, MX, ECU, CHL, RD, BRA, PAN, CR, UY, PY, BOL bank accounts (tested, works good). Fee is approx. 1USD
cash via MoneyGram
into binance
into some shitcoins
Payments:
Payments directly from the account or with VISA debit card issued in USA.
Downside for some: Spanish language only
Here is referral code for some discount, but not sure if that referral works honestly 🤷♂️: EZWLHE
Upside: easy to move money in Latam/US or spend with VISA card if needed.
LATAM
If you want to buy real estate in Asuncion (Paraguay) let me know. Great apartments in beautiful areas bought directly from the developer for very competitive prices. The best part is that you can pay easily with crypto if you wish.
New bitcoin community in Paraguay launched. If you are a bitcoiner or want to learn about bitcoin and you are in Paraguay, join the community.
Bitcoin
Phoenix wallet deployed BOLT12 specification. It means that you can generate static QR codes and you do not need to ask for a new invoice every single time you want to make a payment to your contact. Main benefits are increase in privacy due to blinded path routing and you can receive payment even though you are not “online” (app automatically wakes up in the background).
You can give it a try and here is my QR code and you can use it as many times as you want. (your wallet needs to support Bolt12).
BTCPay partnered with InvoiceNinja and now you can implement BTCPay into the invoicing software. Both services are open-source and are fantastic to use.
Brazilian neobank Nubank integrates #Bitcoin Lightning Network for its 100M users via Lightspark.
Itau bank in Brazil will start to allow access to #bitcoin for its clients. I hope they scale it into Paraguayan branches as a next step.
Hard times for crypto in UAE. Use of cryptocurrency might be banned by CB to pay for products and services. Big brother is watching. CBDC is coming and probably licensed Dirham payment token.
Mt.Gox rehabilitation for holders should start in July 2024 after 10 years of waiting.
Business
Great video about Special economic zones from Free Cities Foundation. The idea is brilliant and should grow. However, it is important to remain vigilant now and in the future and not be manipulated by governments into replacing freedom with surveillance and regulation solely in the name of the "security" narrative.
OPSEC
Opsec Hack: If you need to disclose your documents for online KYC or services make sure you provide the document without residence address. You don't want to have your documents leaked in a dark market with your address and name. In this case it is better to use the passport because there is no information about your residence. Much better option than previously mentioned is to have secondary residence cards (without residence addresses - many countries do not state residence addresses on their ID cards) and provide these documents.
Events
All the fantastic videos, keynotes and panels from one of the best bitcoin events BTCPrague 2024 can be found here.
Based on the success of our PLAN B Podcast series (only in Czech with EN subtitles) we have decided together with Johnny to organize a physical PLAN B Meet-up Tour in upcoming months about mobility, global set-up, Plan B, freedom, decentralization and bitcoin, of course. Stay tuned for dates.
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