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0 pointsfreediver1y ago0 comments

(vlad here) Rather, we are opportunistic about it and we want to focus on things that make impact (which most of the time is search, not billing). If there is enough demand, we will work on Monero support - and yes I agree, buying privacy pass tokens, without even needing an account, is one of those super-cool use cases.

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loughnane1y ago

I know I’m just one guy, but lack of Monero support kept me away.

This feature looks like it narrows the gap a bit though.

Nice work

arlort1y ago

Don't know a bunch about cryptocurrencies, but couldn't you get the benefits of monero by just converting monero to btc before paying?

Are the conversion fees too high?

akimbostrawman1y ago

You can but its not only more effort and increases the price but also reduces privacy and anonymity because you introduce a possible point of tracking with most likely KYC exchanged BTC and a publicly viewable blockchain.

jacekm1y ago

You can, but to retain anonymity you'll need to go through decentralized exchange (DEX). This is extra hassle, especially if you have never done this before.

loughnane1y ago

In addition to what u/akimbostrawman said, I feel like doing that would undermine long-term privacy by slowing adoption of a tool (monero in this case) in favor of something less private.

freedomben1y ago

I'd love to pay for Kagi with crypto, the main thing for me is the steep transfer fees. Nevertheless those can be offset somewhat with bulk payments. How about ability to buy like 3 years of Kagi at a time with crypto?

When I try to go into billing in Kagi I just get forwarded to Stripe. Does Stripe process the crypto payments?

kobieps1y ago

paying with bitcoin lightning has close to zero transfer fees

edit: on desktop, on the page where you choose your plan, scroll to the bottom and look for the link to paying with OpenNode (btc lightning)

lawn1y ago

Lightning just isn't a good option as you first have to pay the expensive Bitcoin fees just to be able to use it... (And hope that you'll find a route otherwise you'll have to do it again.)

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lawn1y ago

Monero itself has very low fees.

It's almost only Bitcoin that has the absurdly expensive fees.

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loughnane1y ago

I know I’m just one guy, but lack of Monero support kept me away.

This feature looks like it narrows the gap a bit though.

Nice work

arlort1y ago

Don't know a bunch about cryptocurrencies, but couldn't you get the benefits of monero by just converting monero to btc before paying?

Are the conversion fees too high?

akimbostrawman1y ago

jacekm1y ago

You can, but to retain anonymity you'll need to go through decentralized exchange (DEX). This is extra hassle, especially if you have never done this before.

loughnane1y ago

In addition to what u/akimbostrawman said, I feel like doing that would undermine long-term privacy by slowing adoption of a tool (monero in this case) in favor of something less private.

freedomben1y ago

When I try to go into billing in Kagi I just get forwarded to Stripe. Does Stripe process the crypto payments?

kobieps1y ago

paying with bitcoin lightning has close to zero transfer fees

edit: on desktop, on the page where you choose your plan, scroll to the bottom and look for the link to paying with OpenNode (btc lightning)

lawn1y ago

Lightning just isn't a good option as you first have to pay the expensive Bitcoin fees just to be able to use it... (And hope that you'll find a route otherwise you'll have to do it again.)

1 more reply

lawn1y ago

Monero itself has very low fees.

It's almost only Bitcoin that has the absurdly expensive fees.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse