I’m not trying to be hostile, maybe my experience is different from yours. Have you been to the US in 2024 or even live there? Have you tried to spent sats anywhere around the states? What was your experience?

Those numbers are useless, most of the US locations are ATMs, others are out of date, spam or simply outdated. At maximum, a large US city has two to three places that take sats. SF, LA, Seattle, Chicago for example all have at most two places, cumulative

We like to make fun of Europe’s approach to Bitcoin and tech regulation, but there are more shops accepting Bitcoin in Paris than in all of the United States.

Twitter: Safe space for tech bros

Truth social: Safe space for nazis

Bluesky: Safe space for lefties

Threads: Safe space for brands

Facebook: Safe space for boomers

Instagram: Safe space for the beautiful

Who is safe on Nostr?

What’s a good custodial Nostr service?

So why is nobody using Lightning? It’s maybe 1% of Bitcoiners, which already only make up only 1% of the population

I use gift cards regularly but they also often suck. They are better than cards, but not a substitute for Bitcoin adoption

For the second time this year I made a credit card payment and I’m shocked how bad the UX has gotten:

- Enter card details and address

- Get redirected to 2FA portal

- Log into bank website (requires 2FA SMS)

- Obtain “secure code,” which requires a 2nd 2FA SMS

- Enter secure code into 2FA portal

- Obtain 3rd 2FA SMS, enter into portal

- Payment confirmed, receive confirmation SMS

At this point I suspect banks are even making it easier for scammers, as they patiently walk you through this kafkaesk security theater.

That Lightning isn’t available as an online payment even for high-risk transactions should make you seriously doubt yourself, Bitcoin and the world around you.

I subscribe to this. Whatever we are at now should have been the ATH in 2021. The bull market starts here

Yes, will definitely update the Cibo listing

I went to England to watch football and sample the local sats economy:

https://stacker.news/items/820863

Bitpay asked me for KYC today for the first time. Also asked me at a different vendor a few months ago. And even if they don’t ask, Lightning isn’t always available

Where would you move to?

There has to be more of us!

I’m insanely disappointed that I just had to make an onchain payment to Namecheap as Bitpay now requires full KYC for all payments. Shame on you! How do we get Namecheap’s BTCPay on Lightning?

Ever wondered what your typical Telegram/Discord support scam looks like?

https://stacker.news/items/813599

Vancouver City Council will debate “becoming a Bitcoin-friendly city” today and thanks to nostr:npub1q3dxlgx6t5nc4swr4mnemu3mwdew5qlwfksy449cmwd9jelnyv6q3kzmcg you can follow along via nostr!

https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjxvefsx5urxc3n95urqetp956xyvfk943rwvrp956rwcecvgcxzdfsxqmnzqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg7waehxw309ahx7um5wgkhqatz9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2ap0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsz9thwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2a30qgsv73dxhgfk8tt76gf6q788zrfyz9dwwgwfk3aar6l5gk82a76v9fgrqsqqqan8j5neza

It makes no sense for the U.S. to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and this article explains it well:

https://www.cato.org/blog/digital-gold-fallacy-or-why-bitcoin-cant-save-us-dollar-1

Happy 100k and Merry Christmas to you too!