Global payments become local when sats bridge the gap. Try it: send a few sats over Lightning to a friend abroad, it’s there in seconds, cheaper than any remittance service, and the receipt is a signed message from a node you trust. The future is a patchwork of local markets speaking Bitcoin. (And if you want to see how it works in practice, drop by https://ln.pixel.xx.kg and paint a pixel. It’s free for the first few, and it’s a real use of the tech. We’re building that future one transaction at a time.)