Spend Bitcoin like cash. Gift cards paid on-chain or over Lightning. No bank required. Since 2014. Stop holding. Live on Bitcoin. 🟧
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Stop holding. Start spending.
Gift cards paid in Bitcoin, on-chain or over Lightning. Any fees shown before you pay.
No bank in the middle. Real humans on support. Since 2014.
Follow for the sats-spending life.
Live on Bitcoin. 🟧
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Heads up: several of the biggest gift card networks are having redemption problems. Some cards may not open or show a code yet.
It's not just us. It's upstream, industry-wide.
Hang on to your card. Support is on it.
Our Tor site is off for now. 🧅
It got hit with 100+ fake orders and contact form spam, and Tor traffic skips the protection that keeps our clearnet site clean.
We'll reassess once the attacks slow down and we can harden tor a bit. 🟧
Halloween's barely over, and we're already talking Christmas shipping. 🎃🎄
Yeah, we know.
Ordering physical gift cards from us? Canada and U.S. shipping deadlines start December 11.
Give yourself extra time and some peace of mind.
coincards.com/holiday-shippi…
To whoever's pointing AI bots at our Tor site:
We built the .onion for privacy, not for your scraper farm.
Stop attacking it or we pull the plug. Your call.
Live on Bitcoin. 🟧
3 a.m. in Paraguay. One switch.
About 3 million Ueno Bank customers woke up to dead cards, dead ATMs and no transfers. Funds frozen for up to 15 days.
Bitcoin doesn't have a 3 a.m. switch.
Live on Bitcoin. 🟧
Source: apnews.com/article/paraguay-…
Bitcoin doesn't maintain itself.
Developers write and review code. People run nodes. Businesses build services. Individuals choose to use them.
Freedom isn't something we achieve once and forget about.
It takes participation to keep it alive.
Paying with something other than Bitcoin? Some coins now go through a third-party swap service that converts them to BTC.
The swap fee is already included in the amount shown, and the rate is fixed while your invoice is open.
FAQ + updated Terms: coincards.com/frequently-ask…
Chainalysis confirms an attacker took customer names and emails this month. Nobody deserves that.
But remember: their tracing software helped send Roman Sterlingov to prison, and it was never independently validated.
Scrutiny should go both ways. 🟧
chainalysis.com/blog/securit…
18 years ago today, Satoshi published the Bitcoin White Paper.
Nine pages introduced an idea that people around the world would go on to build, test, challenge, and improve.
Bitcoin didn't stop at the White Paper. Neither did the people behind it.
Bitcoin and Gift card services are a target. We've seen that firsthand.
Keeping things running securely takes ongoing work, especially when systems are being tested.
We're on it, and we're taking it seriously.
Thanks for sticking with us. 🟧
Phishing warning: someone looks to be building a fake Coincards.
Coincards.com only. Check the URL before you buy, and if you spot a copycat, send it our way. 🟧
Westpac is deciding how much of your own money
is allowed near Bitcoin.
From December 1, it caps
payments to exchanges at $10,000 AUD a month,
no exemptions.
Once you hold sats, you can spend
them at Coincards without asking a bank. 🟧
coincards.com/au/
Reminder brought to you by today's Binance
hot wallet drain: an exchange balance is an IOU.
If you can't move your coins without permission,
they aren't really yours.
Not your keys, not your coins. 🟧
teapawt.org/i/trending/21159115957…
"Sovereign AI, built for all Canadians."
Translation: your chatbot now reports to Ottawa
and has opinions about your thoughts.
Go ahead, tell it your secrets, eh. 🟧
Contact data for a small subset of Coinbase customers was exposed through an analytics vendor. Funds weren't touched, but phishers only need contact info.
Expect fake "support" messages.
Nobody legit will ask for your seed. 🟧
coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/28…
Halloween is almost here. 🎃
Hopefully everyone’s getting creative with the costumes, and the parents are prepped to hand out the good stuff. 😉
The scariest thing this Halloween?
Paying $53.20 for a $50 gift card.
Face value at Coincards. Bitcoin and Lightning. 🟧
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We're dealing with an ongoing attack on Coincards.
If something looks slow or off, that's why. Let us know and we'll look into it. 🟧
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