Walking around Uvita, Costa Rica and perusing the Bitcoin Marketplace at the Bitcoin Freedom Festival, buying goods with #bitcoin over the Lightning network from sats that reside on my node back home in the USA just feels magical.

Partaking in a circular bitcoin economy is fairly unique and many will struggle to understand it without being on Nostr and experiencing all of the action first hand. I'm able to help #grownostr and community build and receive Zaps for my content and efforts here on Nostr thanks to all of you. Now, I'm using those value for value acquired sats to buy food, drinks, clothing, and other goods from local vendors down here at nostr:npub14f26g7dddy6dpltc70da3pg4e5w2p4apzzqjuugnsr2ema6e3y6s2xv7lu in Costa Rica. Again, this all feels magical and exciting.

Seeing Lightning just work and putting bitcoin into the hands of local merchants just feels incredible. Thank you all for the Zaps. They're being put to good use. 🥹

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Pictures coming?

Utilizing Bitcoin as money over the Lightning network without governments debasing it is the entire point. However, Bitcoin is undergoing centralization, a shift that many Bitcoin maxis on Nostr may not be aware of.

Please help spread awareness!

https://wtfhappenedinfeb2023.github.io/

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/29187

Do keep in mind that even if places don’t accept lightning payments, bitcoin jungle wallet allows btc to SINPE móvil which credits their account in colones. It’s obviously not the ideal way forward at all but it starts conversations very quickly. The path to knowledge often isn’t straight.

Pura vida mae

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Legendary! We need more people like Derek to unboard #plebs in #LightningNetwork , circular bitcoin economy and #nostr

Educate people around you about #bitcoin and nostr: bitcoin.rocks

bitcoin.rocks/nostr/what-is-nostr

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Awesome Derek. I’m zapping you so you can buy some bananas. Last year they were 367 sats each based on a bundle nostr:npub1t289s8ck5qfwynf2vsq49t2kypvvkpj7rhegayrur0ag9s2sezaqgunkzs bought. Be interesting to see how much they are this year. Sats incoming friend. 🤙🏻🫂