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How does eCash prevent double spending?
eCash is designed to be fast, low-cost, private, and secure. One of the key challenges it solves is double spending – the risk that someone could try to spend the same piece of digital money more t...
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Does Fedi have a Progressive Web App (PWA)?
Yes! In an effort to build resiliency and be more bulletproof, Fedi has developed a progressive web app (PWA). You can access the PWA on your desktop or mobile browser at https://app.fedi.xyz.
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Is the Fedi app open-source?
Yes! the Fedi app is built on decentralized free and open-source protocols like Bitcoin, Lightning, Fedimint, Nostr, Matrix, PeerBadge, & Manifold. To more closely embody our ethos of transparency ...
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How do I start a Multispend group?
To create a Multispend group, you must be a member of a federation that supports Multispend and an Admin of a private, non Broadcast-only chat group. If these conditions are met, navigate to the ch...
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How do I change my name and profile picture?
To change your display name / username and profile picture / avatar, tap your profile icon at the top right of any tab to access the Settings page. From there, navigate to General > Edit profile.No...
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How is bitcoin price for Stable Balance determined?
Stable Balance uses the median of the same three price feeds across all federations to determine bitcoin's price. These price feeds, or oracles, are cex.io, yadio.io, and bitstamp.net. Having multi...
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How do I start a chat with someone?
You can start a chat with another Fedian by navigating to the Chat tab > tapping the + icon > choosing the Scan or Paster option and either scanning their Fedi QR code or pasting their chat link, w...
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What can go wrong as a guardian?
The primary role of a guardian is to ensure their fedimint server has a consistent supply of electricity and internet access to allow for continuous automated running of the federation. Guardians a...
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What are some downsides to self-custodying bitcoin?
Self-custody, especially using a multisignature (multisig) setup, is widely considered the gold standard for securing your bitcoin. However, it can be cost prohibitive and requires technical expert...
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What is Fedimint?
Fedimint is an open-source protocol built on a strong foundation of privacy and security that allows individuals to custody & transact bitcoin in a community context. It does this by enabling the c...