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My stepdad owns a restaurant. He is a traditional finance folk. My mission outside Nostr is to orange pill the whole thing and make it the first restaurant around the town to accept #Bitcoin

For that I will need y’all’s help. When the time is right I’ll ask his permission. I will sell stuff for Bitcoin and pay with fiat from my pocket. My mission is to show him how much he’s missing out for not accepting Bitcoin, because he probably doesn’t know.

The restaurant is located in Jackson TN about a 2 hour ride from Nashville (the Bitcoin hub city).

#[1] can we make this possible? I will share more info after I ask him and have some dry powder to pay for the meals.

My mission; orange pill the whole fucking town; with my stepdad restaurant as an example.

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Joe Santamaria, MD 2y ago

Can also set him up with a lightning wallet and let us know his QR/address and he can watch the sats roll in (for doing nothing). People want to use Bitcoin, especially if he’s offering a good or service!

Lou 2y ago

Yeah. Like damn, we can also push even a Nostr account to show our services, although I think that could come overtime (he’s very skeptic).

It’s an old souther style barn, that in my opinion needs more youth. I ain’t the owner so I can’t do much but show him

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Based on what I’ve seen over the past few years, unless there’s an existing demand for this, you’re probably going to experience the chicken and egg problem where you won’t have many customers willing to pay in sats. Over time you might get a few regulars, but it’s best not to expect everyone in the town to suddenly react to this by showing up with fat Lightning wallets and zapping for their dinner. One way you can make it easier is to offer rewards to customers where they can get discounts for paying in bitcoin, but you’ll also need a way to educate your customers and help them learn how to stack on their own. It’s going to be a challenge.

Lou 2y ago

Yeah. My plan is to offer discounts for Bitcoin, but I know is not something that will happen within a snap of fingers. But I want to show him that is possible to use it; he’ll be happy to have new costumers and I’ll be happy to let him see how Bitcoin can work for a business perspective 🫡

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Best of luck! What kind of restaurant is it? Make sure you get the right setup so it’s easy for your customers. You might want to talk to nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 and nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h to see what they recommend. And be sure to get listed on all the bitcoin merchant directories.

Lou 2y ago

Thank you man! I’m just getting the idea in my head but is nice to see people here support it!

satscc 2y ago

totally agree, must have an incentive to use btc. the other issue is taxes, its a nightmare for my accountant and he will surely raise his fees on me

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

When people understand what bitcoin offers, they become less likely to want to spend it at this phase of adoption. Most people haven’t internalized the spend-and-replace philosophy yet.

Lou 2y ago

Surely. The time will come though.

My goal is to first bring notice, to spark a little curiosity and let it roll from there.

I can’t fully implement btc payments at the restaurant (cause I’m not the owner of the business) but I’m sure as hell that I can help bring Bitcoiners who can orange pill the entire town

Kuba 2y ago

for the business owner, including the tax problem, you could maybe have a aintermediary, who pays the part of restaurants bills, equivalent of income that has come threw lightning. And find a way to agree on that legally. Then you have easy enough way for a business to withstand weird payment - adoption. You then have to figure a way to be a sustainable intermediary, who pays someone's bill for being a QR code on tables in the restaurant.

Which is what a company Qerko does:

https://qerko.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/80001077943-how-to-pay-with-bitcoin-jak-zaplatit-bitcoinem

Haven't tried it, but I use the service often with fiat and it's awesome. And they say they are testing it, so you need to activate the feature. Which is worthless for UX, but still. Don't know the legal perspective.

twentyone 2y ago

Ask him to think about why all the ingredients he buys for the restaurant have always gone up? Has ketchup changed in the past 50 years? Has cooking oil changed? Flour changed? Why do the salary of his workers need to continually rise over time if the skill required for their jobs stays the same?

Bitcoin For The Hood 2y ago

You got this 👍🏽

Lou 2y ago

Thanks! 🫂🫂

Kuba 2y ago

Do you think it could be also beneficial for him in terms of sales? Apart from new payment method being just more options. I proposed the same thing to an old watch maker, small business in Prague.

Kuba 2y ago

I liked the connection of an old craft, new technology, but both proof of work.

Lou 2y ago

Of that I’m not sure yet. Since the town is honestly not aware of Bitcoin (on a business side). But somebody has to start; maybe this will show him, and if he doesn’t take it I probably will eventually.

Either way, I’ll be the bridge between Bitcoin and fiat for the moment.

ODELL 2y ago

do you have a monthly bitcoin meetup in town? yo should start one and use the restaurant as the location

Lou 2y ago

I’ll need more guidance regarding that. But that’ll be the best way to bring awareness.

My plan is in embryonic phase. I’ll take note from all the meetups I’m going to this year at Nashville

Rick Coker 2y ago

I am in a similar situation- having a meetup at a local brewpub, need to orange pill him

Lou 2y ago

Maybe start by paying with your fiat while accepting Bitcoin in your phone (that’s my plan) so they see how cool and easy is to use it. I’ll do some sort of spend and replace to show

Kiko Tsuki 2y ago

Gran idea 💡

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Lou 2y ago

This is a clip from last night's stream LFG

https://v.nostr.build/kADl.mp4

Talking about #Nostr Open House this November the 8th and Nostrville the 9th

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