Itās thought provoking though. If someone offered me payment in Bitcoin Iād be delighted, because Iād be highly likely to send it to cold storage. Thatās the value to me.
If your mindset is more about tips-cash-expenses, then getting a little Bitcoin might prove inconvenient, if your plan is to trade it for fiat anyway.
To #[3]āās point, the bitcoin match offer may be a workaround here
Matching the tip completely changes the course of the conversation. Often it will go from a reluctantāYeah thatās fine if you want to match it.ā To āWait, you already sent it? I have some bitcoin now.ā I have witnessed so many lightbulb moments this way. If you really want to drive the message home, post their wallet address for people to send sats to it. Our bartender in JH was blown away and giddy. She couldnāt wait to learn more about bitcoin.
Itās a problem with lightning though. If you give them a easy lightning wallet, itās often either custodial or really confusing (or impossible) to send out to a regular bitcoin address.
For beginners I would always suggest muun for that reason, since they can do either. The fees may be more, but they wonāt run into problems.
We need better lightning wallets and better channel management, or else a better L2 altogether.
Youāre orange pilling technique is just different from mine and thatās great. You never know what will ignite bitcoin interest in people. I want fast and simple transfer of sats, and then I give them my card with my contact info. I have done this well over a hundred times and have had several text me on where they can find more info on bitcoin. That is my goal at this point.
What I usually notice is that people will askā¦
āWhat do I do with it now?ā
or
āHow do I cash it out?ā
Then itās a long explanation about time preference that usually goes over their head.
