news.ycombinator.com• Aug 2, 2025• 1 min read
Opening Gnosispay Account Considered ImpossibleI read a very intriguing post explaining how its possible to get a VISA card without needing a bank.Part of this is getting a Gnosispay account.Opening an account has had enough problems - and in the end was impossible - that I'm inspired to write a post.So here's how it went;1. On laptop, go to Gnosispay site, begin sign up process, enter my email addy.2. The site now instructs you to continue on your mobile phone - you're given a QR code and a URL. I go to my phone.3. Sign up now asks for photo of passport using mobile camera, no problem.4. Sign up now performs a liveness check, to make sure you're a human. What you have to do was not clear to me, and it took a good ten minutes of playing about to pass.5. Sign up now asks fora proof of address less than three months old. Well by chance I happen to have an exactly three months old - to the day - bank statement, but it has the wrong address, my old address. I supply this, because the alternative is changing address with bank and gettin