Yes Curt I understand, but you're still failing to provide any evidence that "using" actual bitcoin is easy.
because compared to fiat.....it isn't
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Fiat has had 100 years to become ‘easy’ to use, and it is still only “easy to use” within your home country.. and even this depends on where your home country is and what banking system they use, and even then it is still not “easy” for everyone..
Also, it depends very much on your use case.
To mention just a few..
- Try sending a micropayment as a tip to someone (even in your home country) ..it’s impossible.
- Political activists in dictatorships have their bank accounts routinely frozen, and in that case bitcoin is very “easy to use” relatively speaking!
- Billions of people worldwide cannot open a bank account as they do not have the required KYC documentation, but they can use bitcoin/Lightning.
Lighting works flawlessly most of the time for most people in most places as long as there is power and an internet connection (which you need for any legacy fat app too).
I am still curious to hear which Lightning apps you have tried, since as I mentioned previously many work very well.
Leafly, while the ecosystem is still being developed, of course it will take time to perfect, so I am not really sure what you expect after just 16 years?
You might like to read Check Your Financial Privilege by nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu to learn of all the ways bitcoin is *very* easy to easy compared to the legacy system for all the people globally who don’t have access to the ‘easy’ fiat system.
And I haven’t even touched on the aspect of fiat being a manipulated, corrupted system that constantly inflates and debases your money, effectively stealing your time, which is truly your most precious resource!
Yes, Bitcoin is ‘volatile’ when measured in that corrupted system, but that is only because it is still a tiny lifeboat being tossed around in a giant ocean (with a $2 trillion mkt cap in a fiat sea of $900 trillion). Over time, this will change.
All this said, your are of course free to choose where to put your time, your money and your energy. Be well.
it's getting easier
as people join the network
we're early
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WTF people?!? I'm not some noob who doesn't understand the value proposition of Bitcoin.
I'm simply make the correct point that it isn't easy to use compared to almost every other payment system
I have used dozens and dozens of lightning/on chain/liquid wallets and they just aren't as easy as a credit card.
Blitz is currently the best btw.
Agree Blitz is great:)
Agree to disagree that Bitcoin isn’t easy to use compared to other payment systems. Most of the time I find it seamless.
Also, comparing bitcoin/Lightning usage to credit card usage is comparing apples to oranges.
The former is a cash bearer instrument while the latter is a credit instrument.
Yeah we'll just have to disagree on this one.