Here's Uvita, Costa Rica. I am able to live the bulk of my life with Bitcoin here... You say it's insane, but it actually exists. Does the same exist for monero?
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Asking custodians permission to move around IOUs on centralized servers is living on Bitcoin?
That's what vast majority are doing in these places with Wallet of Satoshi, Strike, Blink, Chivo, etc
It’s a choice though, right? Anyone can participate on LN in a permissionless way if they want.
Sure, but those using those wallets aren't really "using" Bitcoin are they
In my experience, almost nobody is actually interested in sovereign money when buying/selling $1 coconuts at a farmer's market. But the successful coconut vendor who has now received $500 of Bitcoin IOUs is more interested in learning more about sovereign money. Which is where we come in with free hardware wallets, education & advice. I view it as a back door to hack the mindset of your average person into caring about self-sovereign money.
Curious what type of HW wallets do you provide in that environment? Am thinking of a similar project where I live.
Recently we’ve been recommending nostr:npub1tcnvkw8fu29zspw54tuhfrk0tkzn6qdupmc45slt4zmase3dzqask6ctu0 and nostr:npub12ctjk5lhxp6sks8x83gpk9sx3hvk5fz70uz4ze6uplkfs9lwjmsq2rc5ky's ColdCard. We keep some Jade’s, BitBox, TapSigners and Trezors in the office. We walk people through each, talk about the pros/cons, and let each person make their own informed decision.