I'd like to buy a coffee with bitcoin!
That will be 2000 sats.
It's not working?
Oh, let me try this wallet.
You accept bitcoin right?
Which kind of bitcoin do you accept?
What kind of bitcoin are you trying to pay with?
Oh. I only have Lightning.
Oh. I only accept Liquid.
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And we're discussing making this worse with more options? No thank you.
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This solution, which I've used many times, works great. It's also something that most people won't use. This is a very technical solution for non-technical people. We need solutions that just work with minimal effort. Otherwise adoption will never happen.
Agreed that direct use is too much of a bar for the noob. Good UI/UX like what Aqua is doing will make all the difference.
Aqua does a great job.
My non-Bitcoiner friends all know how to pay me in Bitcoin using Cash App. For better or worse, once traditional banks and Visa start offering Bitcoin payments over their rails, the “scaling” issue will be over.
Right now, the problem isn’t finding technical ways to expand transaction capacity. Bitcoin + Lightning is already more than good enough.
Right now, the problem is educating 250M+ people to understand why they would want to have sovereign control over their own money. Until we have that, there’s no need to worry about scaling further.
I've never had a non Bitcoiner friend pay me in Bitcoin. That's the dream. This fall when we do our seafood boil and I charge 30 people $20-$25 I'll ask.
Good luck! It never hurts to ask. I’ve done two things which have gotten most of my friend circle to occasionally pay me in Bitcoin
1. Asked unapologetically and consistently (I’ve probably burnt a bit of social capital but it will return in the bull market lmao)
2. Close other accounts so that it’s the only easy way for them to pay you (I closed my Venmo and PayPal accounts)
You know, I really do wonder how many more people will want to use Bitcoin and/or Lightning self-soverignly. How many people on earth have been rugged by their bank/govt at least 1 time before and continue to use custodial banking because it's just easier?
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I speculate billions will never want to be fully sovereign. That’s not something which makes me happy, but it’s likely the reality.
We have to create tools and systems which protect the freedom and purchasing power of everyone. Bitcoin can do this without everyone even demanding that it does, which is why it can win.
I would like to pay with deez nuts I mean cashu. Do you accept? Yea this not getting more simple for the avg noob sadly.
It's cool to have various solutions and ways to use your money, but in the end if we have several solutions that are not interoperable with one another, it's just like telling consumers the differences between Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Bitcoin SV. Oh, I don't use that bitcoin, I use THAT one.
Cashu is interoperable with lightning
coinos is a great way to get around that! It's a custodial wallet, but it can be great for daily spending.
@btcsessions has a recent video on it.
Chaumian Mint wallets usually can pay LN invoices and at least in principle they should equally be able to support on-chain transactions.
I have close to zero expectations with my eNuts wallet.
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Interoperablility is key. You can pay LN invoices with Cashu. Boltz allows payments directly between LN and Liquid. Lightning is the key piece that will hold these different layers together
Why? Like some stores don’t accept credit card so you have to pay debit. Some only accept cash.
This is a fair point.
"I'd like to request your web page.
You accept http handshakes, right?
Let me try this browser.
What port are you using?
Did you wrap it in TLS?"
How was this solved?
Proper UX can fix all of this.
Just need a wallet that will understand how they want to be paid
And/or have swapping services built in
If it's not as easy as a debit or credit card people won't use it. That's the key.
Try laso finance’s crypto to fiat debit card (no atm, 6%fee)
