At my grandson’s 13th 🎂 I spent 85% of my time talking #Bitcoin with one person, who just happened to be very interested in it but didn’t know who to talk to about it.

I got to see first-hand how a complete noobie reacted to first trying to use Cash App so I could send them BTC. This was a complete fail because when they went through the BTC side of Cash App, the app asked them to verify their identity with photo documentation, and they def did not want to do that.

So I had them install Phoenix Wallet, which didn’t ask them for any ID or email or password or anything. It was perfect.

Then they got to watch me struggle as I attempted to have them display a Lightning QR code on their phone, me scanning their QR from my phone, and having the transition fail because the $5.00 I attempted to send them wasn’t enough to cover fees. (Phoenix automatically fails a transaction if the fee is more than 50% of the whole amount being sent, which is a good thing.)

We tried again, and this time I had them display a Bitcoin on-chain QR code, that I scanned with my phone and sent them $10 worth of BTC. There were fees, but this time the transaction was successful. And they ended up with their very first Bitcoin. $6.68 worth 💪