There are lots of XMR gift card options, here I'll try to rank them according to my own needs which is
- data SIM 2) transportation 3) accommodation 4) food and groceries 5) privacy tools 6) electronics
goal: simulate if one could survive in a given country for a period of time without relying on the banking infrastructure at all while maintaining low digital footprint.
I'm intentionally including only services which support XMR, no additional swapping required.
I'll be checking a few different services:
https://xmr.cards/
https://cakepay.com/cards/
https://coincards.com
https://www.coinsbee.com/
https://trocador.app/giftcard/
For context, XMR Gift cards represent about 23-30% of total crypto gift card market.
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USA
- data SIM = winner coinsbee
airalo available on coinsbee
gigsky available on coinsbee
silent link available on trocador - transportation = winner coinsbee
lyft available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador
uber available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador
flixbus available on coinsbee
amtrak available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador - accommodation = winner xmr.cards, coinbee
airbnb available on xmr.cards, coinbee, trocador
hotels.com available on xmr.cards, coinbee - food and groceries = draw
wallmart available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
conoco available on xmr.cards
applebees available on coinsbee, trocador
uber eats available on coinsbee, trocador - privacy tools
mullvadvpn - no gift card required, monero supported directly - electronics = draw
bestbuy available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
target available on coinsbee
amazon available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador
UK
- data SIM = draw
esimchoice data sim available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay - transportation = winner coinsbee
uber available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
flixbus available on coinsbee
national express available on coinsbee
eurostar available on xmr.cards, coinsbee - accommodation = draw
airbnb available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay
lastminute available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay - food and groceries = draw
tesco available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
asda available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, cakepay
aldi available on coinsbee, trocador, cakepay
morrisons available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay - privacy tools
mullvadvpn - no gift card required, monero supported directly - electronics = winner coinsbee
argos available on coinsbee, cakepay
currys available on coinsbee, trocador, cakepay
amazon available on xmr.cards, coinsbee,
Spain
- data SIM = winner trocador
silent link data sim available on trocador - transportation = winner coinsbee
bolt, uber and flixbus available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
renfe available on coinsbee - accommodation = draw
airbnb and lastminute available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay - food and groceries = winner xmr.cards, coinsbee
carrefour and uber eats available on xmr.cards, coinsbee - privacy tools
mullvadvpn - no gift card required, monero supported directly - electronics = winner xmr.cards, coinsbee
media markt available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay
amazon available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
Switzerland
- data SIM
n/a - transportation = winner coinsbee
uber available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
flixbus available on coinsbee
SBB - n/a - accommodation = winner coinsbee
airbnb available on coinsbee - food and groceries = winner coinsbee
coop available on xmr.cards, coinsbee
uber eats available on coinsbee
lidl available on coinsbee - privacy tools
mullvadvpn - no gift card required, monero supported directly - electronics = winner coinsbee
media markt available on xmr.cards, coinsbee, trocador, cakepay
digitec/galaxus available on coinsbee
amazon available on coinsbee
ps
none of this is ai slop, there could be errors but we're all humans
Are you sure coinsbee supports XMR payments? Not in supported crypto list
https://stasher.news/uploads/494
For the US on food I would also put in Instacart, which is I know for a fact available on coinsbee.
This gives you access to a number of stores for curbside pickup.