nostr:npub1cam9ttcuprjyp5nrhx7ehgjyaqvl2r8el75xqawtd304p84lcpjsvm43mj often says that it's not merchant adoption but rather merchant bitcoiners what are mostly needed, and I agree.
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Interesting take. I’m not sure I understand the functional difference. Feel free to tell me why that difference matters.
My logic goes something like this.
1. Bitcoin is the best money this world has ever seen.
2. Therefore I want the bitcoin to be used by the most number of people/businesses to transact in bitcoin for goods and services.
3. Paying (and asking to pay) for goods and services in bitcoin is a good way for me to voice my desire to use bitcoin as money to others.
The way I see it, the difference is that if the merchant is not a bitcoiner at worst he'll think you're trying to scam him, and at best he'll see Bitcoin as a marketing gimmick and will exchange any sats he earns for fiat ASAP.
OTOH a bitcoiner with a business understands your points and would not only be happy to earn sats, but it's also more likely that he'll cling to them and eventually spend them directly on other bitcoiners, which can eventually bootstrap a parallel private economy.
In other words I don't think the orange pilling is optional.
By the way thanks for your work on the Seedsigner :) Really looking forward to the v0.7.0 release.