Nostr Web Client

* I don't bother

And yes, of course "try another card" generally "fixes" the problem but it's an utterly lazy suggestion which puts the onus on the customer to fix your problem, and shows you don't understand how your own payment rails work.

I attempted "orange pilling" every merchant I met back in the day. It's a waste of time.

I mean it should easier now since gateway tools have improved, and gotten better but we still have room to grow, and improve the tech.

It is easier from a technical perspective. It's harder from a social perspective because the technological sucess also mints more salty bitcoin haters.

I sometimes post Vote For Better money stickers adjacent to other grafitti stickers. I've noticed most of my stickers get taken down, while the other grafitti stickers remain.

Conversely, it is also why I'm bullish on nostr. Giving away sats is harder to hate than trying to cram our ideology down people's throats.

I don't make the rules.

It is fair to say the political divisiveness in The United States, and Bitcoin's/Crypto's entry into the political realm has made it harder.

However, it is fair to say that before the industry was even majorly involved in the political realm you noticed the primary attack against Bitcoin was the environment (Which is typically a progressive speaking point).

I'm sure even for Conservatives much like the early days even Trump said Bitcoin was a national security threat.

So there's reason different people wouldn't like it, however we think it would have played out like this anyway.

The best thing to do is to avoid conflating the two, though it will take time for society to grow, and learn.

We think the best strategy is to raise the ₿ generation.

I agree. It's just a matter of time. How many halvings can haters stay in denial? 2 or 3. Eventually, everyone will capitulate.

Maybe Trump can help out ordering Visa and MasterCard to blacklist anyone they don't like. Then you can (truthfully or otherwise) mail shops saying "hey, I'm on the bad hombre list, do you take Bitcoin" and voila.

Between making Bitcoin better and making fiat suck more, governments are just naturally better at the latter.

True.

vnprc 10mo ago

I have also come to believe that orange pilling the kids is how we win. Just like science, bitcoin makes progress one funeral at a time. It sounds morbid but it is perhaps my most bullish belief.

Have you noticed how nocoiners are relentlessly pessimistic? Bitcoiners are relentlessly optimistic. Bitcoiners build businesses, families, communities, fortunes.

We will outgrow and outlast the competition. Nothing stops this train.

We are realistic, and pragmatic, and understand any major societal change takes 20 to 50 years to happen, so we know we're still a little bit of a way away before widespread adoption.

We are trying to accelerate Bitcoin adoption as best as we can.

vnprc 10mo ago

💯 we must accelerate

It's cliche, but true. The children are our future.

Jeroen Ubbink 10mo ago

Bitcoin > cash > other crap. Unfortunately i need the "other crap" more often than i would like. I specifically avoid "PIN only" (debit card only) places.

BitcoinBrabant 10mo ago

Since we were able to accept euros again last year, the amount of work that comes with it is actually not worth it.

Bitcoiner payments and the people never really have issues, or when there are issues it’s so easily resolved. With many fiat payments there are just so many problems, from returns without reason as the cost with giving money back etc. A