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Flash Friday. What's one thing you've learned about Bitcoin this year that genuinely surprised you? Start the thread. #FlashJamaica #BitcoinJamaica #Jamaica #876 #JamaicanPride

Flash moves money fast. Built for the Caribbean, made for real life. Send it. Spend it. Done.

Island Bitcoin meetup — Kingston, Jamaica. Every month. Same place. Different conversations. 48 people learning Bitcoin together, no hype, no pressure. If you're in Kingston — next meetup details at the link in bio.

There will only ever be 21 million Bitcoin. No government can print more. No central bank can inflate it away. The supply is fixed by math — not policy. JMD supply? No ceiling. Same for every fiat currency. Fixed supply is a feature, not a bug.

Flash Friday. What's the biggest money frustration living in Jamaica right now? Sending home. Bank fees. Exchange rates. Something else? Drop it below.

JMD savings account: 2-4% annual interest. JMD depreciation vs USD: 5-8% per year. Net result: your savings lose purchasing power every year while sitting in the bank. Flash lets you hold Bitcoin alongside JMD. You decide when — or if — to convert.

Flash wasn't built in Silicon Valley. It was built by a team in Jamaica, for the Caribbean. The people who built it understand why remittance fees hurt. Why bank access matters. Why Bitcoin makes sense here more than almost anywhere else.

Your bank holds your money. You trust them to give it back. Bitcoin is different: there is no bank. The math holds it. Your private key proves it's yours. Flash handles the key management so you don't have to. But the Bitcoin underneath belongs to you — not Flash, not anyone.

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@singhabhinav @LNFlash and regulatory caution. Fiat persists because it's "good enough" for most daily needs, while crypto shines in remittances, hedging, and crises (as @LNFlash proved in hurricanes). @LNFlash cld cut some friction with USSD UI for feature phones and/or Telegram app

Nigeria is ranked #1 in global USDT and USDC ownership. Not the US. Not the UK. Not Singapore. Nigeria. 59% of Nigerian crypto users hold USDT. 48% hold USDC. More than any other country surveyed. India is third. Brazil close behind. The reason is obvious once you see it: in countries where local currency loses 20–40% of value annually, stablecoins aren't a crypto product. They're a savings account. A dollar-denominated store of value that doesn't require a US bank account. Here's what the data doesn't show: most of those stablecoin holders can't use their USDT to buy anything. No merchant acceptance. No subscription billing. No automatic payment. No way to pay a supplier. They hold the dollars. They can't spend the dollars. They convert back to fiat every time they need to transact. The gap between stablecoin adoption and stablecoin utility is most visible not in San Francisco or Singapore. It's in Lagos, Jakarta, São Paulo. $308B in circulation. The people who need stablecoin commerce most have the fewest tools to access it. That's not a distribution problem. That's an infrastructure problem. The rails exist everywhere. The billing layer doesn't exist anywhere. That's who we're building for.

23 merchants across Jamaica take Flash. Your Flash Card works everywhere they do — and anywhere Bitcoin is accepted - @btcmap Pizza. Coffee. Hotels. Real businesses. Real transactions. getflash.io

Banks charge merchants 1.5-3% per card transaction. Flash charges less. Settlement is same-day. No terminal rental. No monthly fees. If you run a business in Jamaica, this is worth 10 minutes of your time. getflash.io/app

Flash is accepted at Pizza Please in Kingston. Three locations. 2,000+ reviews. Real Kingston institution. Pay for your pizza with Bitcoin. 23 merchants across Jamaica take Flash now. The list is growing. getflash.io/map

your flash BTC lightning wallet now runs on spark. we migrated every btc wallet from breez to spark. zero data loss. nothing you had to do. just faster, more reliable lightning under the hood.

flash map now has 12,700+ places to spend bitcoin. we integrated @btcmap — every bitcoin-accepting merchant in the caribbean and beyond is now on your map. one search. flash merchants and bitcoin merchants together. getflash.io/map

flash v0.5.0 is out. faster lightning. 12,700 new merchants. nostr built in. and more. here's what changed.

upgrading from personal to merchant is now a few taps in the flash app. no forms. no contacting support. now it’s all automated in-app. if you're a business accepting Bitcoin, this one's for you.

Flash v0.5.0 is out. Spark — faster Lightning payments. Your BTC balance is exactly the same, just on better infrastructure. 12,700+ merchants now on the Flash Map. That's the full BTCMap network. Find them at getflash.io/map. Nostr is built in. Connect your identity, post notes, zap your contacts — directly inside Flash. Merchant upgrade flow is now in the app. Tap the Quick Start card on your home screen and go from trial to Pro to Merchant without leaving Flash. getflash.io/app

flash is now a nostr client. connect your nostr identity, post notes, and zap your contacts directly from the app. your flash lightning address already works on nostr. now you can use it without leaving flash.

Bitcoin is volatile. Everyone knows that. Here's what's less talked about: the JMD also lost 25%+ against the USD since 2020 — just slower, so most people didn't notice. Flash isn't telling you to put your rent money in Bitcoin. It's giving you an option the banks never offered. Save some in Bitcoin. Spend in JMD when you need to. Use it to send money home cheaper. Volatility is a feature if you understand the timeline. Link in bio. #FlashJamaica #BitcoinJamaica #CryptoCaribbean #JamaicanTech #Jamaica

The JMD has lost over 25% of its value against the USD since 2020. Money sitting in a savings account in JMD is worth less in real terms every year — just slowly enough that most people don't notice. Flash lets you hold part of your money in Bitcoin. It doesn't expire. It doesn't devalue because of a government decision. You still spend in JMD when you need to. But the choice is yours. That's financial autonomy. Link in bio. #FlashJamaica #BitcoinJamaica #Jamaica #JamaicanPride #CryptoCaribbean