Why Build Branta?

I could give a million answers.

- "Its Bitcoin or suicide" ... too dark. 

- "Fiat already has too much blood on its hands" ... indirect, solicits petty arguments.

- "Kardashev scaling can succeed by way of energy money" ... inspirational, abstract.

- "We can make Bitcoin stressless" ... too dreamy.

Regardless the many valid why's for Bitcoin, the how appears to be staring at us.

1. Achieve Store of Value

2. Achieve Medium of Exchange

3. Achieve Unit of Account

We're at Medium of Exchange.

Great products are being built that allow the phasing in of Bitcoin, and the phasing out of Fiat. There are lots of onramps/offramps to other currencies. Lots of platforms for accepting bitcoin, OTC, etc. Across jurisdictions.

Branta is here to augment the industry, not come in and compete.

Bitcoin MUST remain P2P digital cash. Like firearms, users MUST hold their keys.

Our goal is to make Bitcoin rock solid as MoE.

That means:

- No test transactions (ever) to make sure an address is right

- No phishing/impostering by humans or AI

- No successful Man-In-The-Middle Attacks

- No "slip ups" possible when sending Bitcoin

- Making Digital Scarcity stressless to use.

Why this list?

First, Bitcoin settles with finality. Fiat doesn't, ever. The closest you can get is handing cash over a counter. Even then, debasement makes this non-final.

Credit Cards, Debit Cards, ACH, Wires - all low stakes compared to sending bitcoin. Layers and layers of AML, KYC, Fraud Departments, and advanced monitoring run 24/7 watching your time and energy be sent. There's almost certainly a way to get back your fiat money. Fiat is rife with third party arbiters.

Have you ever swiped your credit card at a store and thought, "I hope the store actually gets my money?" Unlikely.

Has that thought ever crossed your mind spending Bitcoin? Yeah, same.

Second, Bitcoin must be "thoughtless." Money is technology. Why switch technologies if the benefits aren't clearly advantageous? 

I want to be in the sun, cruising down a beach road, and send BTC without worry.

So how are we getting there?

Without too much technical detail, here's the approach Branta is taking:

1. On-device software. Hook into the clipboard, check addresses against xpubs, have an online mode that can verify invoices/deposits. Requires install, but zero thought after that.  Doesn't require 2.

On GitHub: https://github.com/BrantaOps/branta-core

Download: https://www.branta.pro/download 

2. API. Let users pay large sums without trusting a specific front end stack. Easily verify payment across device (computer, mobile, raspberry pi, etc). Doesn't require 1.

Coda 

We've got a colossal opportunity to solidify property rights for Homo Sapien. Similar to the Second Amendment or Freedom of Speech/nostr under the US Constitution.

Turing envisioned computation

Jobs envisioned interfacing

Satoshi envisioned digital scarcity

Before we achieve Unit of Account, we must perfect Medium of Exchange.

... and we must try everything possible to nail Medium of Exchange.

Keith