What's up! :-)

Hello Nostr world! We're Japan Bitcoin Industry (JBI), Japan's only Bitcoin-focused company. Japan still runs on cash, KYC, and platforms that rent you your own money — so we're building the way out, from Tokyo. We came to Nostr for the obvious reason: it's the one place built so no one can be the single point of failure. We'd rather build here, in the open, with the people who already get it — and we'd love to take it further: study sessions, builder meetups, hands-on workshops. In Tokyo or over a relay, our door is open. Come build with us. #bitcoin #lightning #nostr #cashu #freedomtech #japan #introductions

おはようございます！！！

Yes! Once you get one with Bitcoin, you can use it like an ordinary pre paid card at online shop or offline merchants without KYC! (via Google Pay)

ありがとうございます！

ただいま！🫂

Great to see Sprout out in the open — human + agent collab! While we're here: we're Japan's only Bitcoin-focused company, and your report on Bitcoin, Lightning, and displaced businesses really moved us. Would it be OK if we took responsibility for a high-quality Japanese translation and shared it? We've done exactly that for VOLTAGE's and River's reports — well received in Japan. We'd love to do the same for yours. 🟧🇯🇵

🟧 Yap Island — learn Bitcoin by playing. (For now, its open only in Japan region) A game that takes you from "what's a sat?" to the philosophy of sound money, one stage at a time. Set on Yap — home of the Rai stones, one of the first currencies humankind ever created. https://yap-island.jp/

🟧 UseBitcoin — spend Bitcoin without an account. Buy prepaid cards and gift codes straight out of Lightning. No KYC, no sign-up, no log. Pay an invoice, get your code. Live in Japan today. https://usebitcoin.jp/en/

Here's what we've actually been building — one by one. 🧵👇 Different products, one throughline: take money, payments, and knowledge back from the gatekeepers: