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I put myself in the camp of those not really willing to use Bitcoin to purchase goods and services, and I agree with nostr:npub1m0sxqk5uwvtjhtt4yw3j0v3k6402fd35aq8832gp8kmer78atvkq9vgcru that this is a problem. He recently wrote:

> "We have more bitcoin merchants than Bitcoiners willing to spend. We don’t need more merchant adoption, but spenders adoption."

I believe that the "spend-replace" practice needs to be a no-brainer.

I used this approach a couple of times for fairly large purchaes I made. However, it meant that each time I had to complete the BTC payment with my wallet, then move the fiat equivalent of the bitcoin I spent to an exchange, then use that money to purchase BTC at a rate different from the one applied for the initial BTC payment to the merchant, then move the new BTC out of the exchange and back to my wallet.

Of course, this is very annoying and not sensible for small purchases. In those cases, it makes more sense to replace multiple BTC spendings with a single BTC purchase. However, doing this manually and on a regular basis, is going to be complex and time-consuming.

A more convenient solution would be to have your wallet automatically manage the "spend-replace" process in collaboration with services like nostr:npub1sqzr42dj8vx32yd5jcvvl3ytux45kl0etgf6y2ymjvmd7lqmuwmqk9vk7v, nostr:npub1yadzn065lkghcg7puhp2kn96tp79fzysq4j0vku9kntaa9j2cr2s3n98zt, nostr:npub19mf4jm44umnup4he4cdqrjk3us966qhdnc3zrlpjx93y4x95e3uq9qkfu2, etc.

I could simply receive an alert saying:

"Threshold reached! It's time to replace your Bitcoins!

Transfer xxx EUR/USD to Relai/Bittr/Well/... bank account to purchase approx. YYY BTC that will be received right in this wallet.".

I would immediately switch to a wallet offering this feature!

(/cc nostr:npub1eaadqhuwn80gatdml02u58q0nd65nx7wqur5je4jwa5gef0p6unqrx54mw, nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6a that recently posted about this topic)

If you don't focus on buying back exactly as much sats at the exact same rate, then it's not so cumbersome. I know I spend about x amount per month + I know I will got to a conference and spend some, then when I see a drop, I stacks enough to cover that + some margin. If I had an unplanned sats spend, small amount is ok, larger I also try to buy back in the next 2-3 weeks as much sats or more if I can afford. If you do that you should be able to spend sats without bothering about the rate as you always buy back a bit more and on average it should more or less be the same rate unless it's during one of the short and rare parabolic phase where you might plan differently.

Eventually we will do the opposite, as it will be more profitable to hold everything in BTC and keep only a small amount in fiat for daily purchases, then you sell when you need to pay a bill or something. Some service will allow you t pay bill in BTC directly and the bill is settled in fiat for you in the background, until everyone accept BTC.

When you have only one month of budget or less in fiat on your bank account and that it's a fraction of your BTC holding, you are doing it right.

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> When you have only one month of budget or less in fiat on your bank account and that it's a fraction of your BTC holding, you are doing it right.

Nice metric! 😃

Btw, how do you deal with tax reporting of purchases made with BTC?

I'm in Switzerland, no capital gain tax, nothing to report.

Sweet!

I'm not so lucky ...