Where can I signup for a bitcoin debit card without a phone?

There are a number of “bitcoin debit card” providers – services that issue you a traditional visa/mastercard/etc debit card that allows you to pay for purchases in fiat, but where the balance of the card is automatically converted from your cryptocurrency balance stored on their custodial wallet.

Note that a “bitcoin debit card” is distinct from gift cards in that the balance lives in an account below the debit card, not on the card itself. This is important because otherwise you may end-up with tons of different cards with low balances. It’s important for my business that I can pay invoices with a single card, and if that card expires then the balance can simply be spent on the card’s replacement.

Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to find any providers that do not require a phone to be linked to the account.

For security reasons, I do not mix insecure devices like my phone with high-risk accounts like financial services. Therefore, it’s important that I find financial services that don’t require a phone number to be linked to the account (shudder at the thought of implementing 2FA over SMS) or an app.

Coinsbank requires a phone number. Wirex requires a phone number. Cryptopay requires an app (which grants access to the account to a phone). Unbanked (Ternio) is dead.

Where can I get a “bitcoin debit card” without a phone?

  • CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash
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    11 days ago

    Bitcoin should be really used directly without banks involved, see https://map.bitcoin.com/ these merchants accept BCH.

    Bitcoin BTC has high fees and is slow so no one uses it directly, Bitcoin Cash is actually the real Bitcoin so you can swap your BTC to BCH and use it as money. https://trocador.app/ is a great place to do swaps and get best rates.

    You can also buy giftcards and spend your Bitcoin that way.