Coinatra on Nostr: Today, I found myself in the unfortunate situation of having to pay something in ...

Today, I found myself in the unfortunate situation of having to pay something in USDT, which I’ve never done before because, you know, #bitcoin only. But alas, the counterparty wants tether or fiat.

The experience so far:
- Acquiring tether on an exchange. No big deal. 📈 But I need to get it into a wallet.
- Google USDT mobile wallet. Virtually all sites I visit offer me either a) a shady 💩 coin wallet (I’m not downloading that) or b) an official 💩 coin exchange backed wallet (I‘m not downloading that and then go through KYC either, thank you).
- Contemplating downloading Casa Wallet, cause that’s one of the few brands I recognize in a sea of shitcoinery ⛵️
- Go to official tether site. No app download link, but I can register an account. Maybe it’s a web wallet? 🤔
Turns out it’s for a trading account and you need to trade >$100k or you can’t register. Yeah nah, thanks. 😂
- Give up and contemplate for a moment if it’s a layer 8 issue and I’m cognitively challenged, or whether I‘m just spoiled by the #bitcoin ecosystem where shit just works™️
- Decide it’s probably both and pay in Fiat 🤦

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