Replying to Avatar Justawook

Haven't lightning payments been around? I'm confused how there's no need for banks? As much as I hate it I have to use a bank to go about my daily life to pay for alot of things...is there somthing I'm missing?

I'm from a small rural retirement community. Most of my town has old tied up money not only are they not interested in Bitcoin they aren't interested in knowing about their money at all.

I know we need to build the network and all that but currently I have no network so while I can accept a lighting payment and create one. How do I start using bitcoing on the daily to pay and transact?
Avatar
Robertoe 2y ago

Sorry for the delayed reply…

First of all, my post was a repost from the Orange Pill App’s post. That said, I’m not entirely sure I understand the context of your questions, but...

Yes, lighting payments have been around since ~2018. You don’t need a bank if the people or other businesses you interact with also use/accept Bitcoin (and/or the lightning network). However, the post was referring to being able to send lightning payments through the app to friends you connected with. The Orange Pill App shows you other bitcoiners in your local area (and further) that you can connect with.

Regarding the ability to use sats on the daily… this is why we need larger exposure and adoption. Unless the businesses and people you interact with choose to accept Bitcoin, we will all still have to deal in fiat and the banking and credit industries. “Orange Pill” as many as you can

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Avatar
Justawook 2y ago

Sorry if I was unclear, I'm learning how to communicate still...

I pretty much understand this. I know there are rails to stay on a bitcoin standard. The bar for entry is still very high for 90 percent of the population.

My intention is to continue talking openly and objectively about Bitcoin and its use cases.

Eventually we will orange pill the world they just need to get to the point where Bitcoin makes sense until then I'm going to shut up and stack sats