Can you buy groceries and everyday items with lightning in Lugano?
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In Switzerland, major online shops have been accepting crypto for years now. Sadly, in my canton, for all sorts of goods but not for groceries. But, the major payment system in the country is collaborating with a crypto exchange to bring crypto payments to their in shop payment terminals.
For online shopping I can recommend https://www.digitec.ch it's like Amazon for Switzerland but accepts Bitcoin 😎
https://www.bitcoinsuisse.com/bitcoin-suisse-pay/product/worldline
Found it, partnership Bitcoins Suisse (exchange) and Worldine/SIX partnership to bring crypto payments to the shops.
So far in total a few hundred locations, which are mostly from the testing phase. They already bought a few thousand PoS devices for every merchant in Lugano. They've said that during Q2/Q3 they will be installed, now that testing was a success. So very soon you can pay literally everwhere. The Bitcoin Standard is de facto reality in Lugano 🧡