Hey I'm beginning to think you're not really pessimistic, you're just trying to motivate the team... π
also, i don't know if this is inherently different to credit cards, but i really like that you get the invoice on your phone, showing the amount, and then choose to pay it (or not)
rather than you just ok whatever the merchant has on their terminal
(i guess paying with a card on a phone will be able to do this, but i have never done that)
the only thing i dislike is that it means i need to have a phone - but hopefully dedicated devices will be available
If you can, I recommend taking a holiday to el salvador. You will meet people just like you, with very similar stories and history.. It's incredibly wholesome!
What's wrong with madeira?? I was literally thinking of visiting there..
In the west, that's probably true - and they'd need another reason, like ideology. But it's still happening - eg see lugano - and that just means they are Our People, you can go along and meet your family..
But in other parts of the world modern payments are very problematic and have much greater costs. In this case it is perfectly possible that what seems to be true, is true: lightning is cheaper for them.
OK you need to read my posts please - i even linked you to somewhere in lugano where there is huge bitcoin acceptance according to the map
But actually I have another reason beyond business adoption that I am optimistic.
I have recently travelled quite a bit, and for the first time met bitcoin communities in person. This is a very new thing for me, they simply didn't exist during most of the time I've been in bitcoin. And the wonderful thing is, they are into bitcoin not to get rich, not because they get the tech.. ..they are into it because they have found out in their lives that the governments are not to be trusted, and that they need a way to resist them an build a future for themselves.
Most of them discovered this during covid, and when they looked around - in genuine desperation - to find something to give them hope, they found bitcoin.
I thought when I met actual bitcoiners most of the talk would be about the tech, or closely related, or the price maybe or adoption.. ..but it's mainly about the fact that something is rotten in the western mainstream, and they don't trust their kids to be part of it, and they want to build a new world based on freedom and respect.
Many of these people had taken significant risks to choose their paths - including selling all fiat property, moving to places like el salvador. They are doing it because they are completely committed to freedom.
And the wonderful thing is, they all know now they're not alone. I'm not alone. We are a global family and we are rising up..
So yeah, I am optimistic π
That's not incorrect but I invite you to consider the evidence I am proposing as well!
yep and it works perfectly now. for many businesses it is simply cheaper to accept lightning than any other payment method
(and yes, I paid at this business with bitcoin)
this is so wrong. go to el salvador or any of the places on this map that has high density of bitcoin-accepting businesses
www.btcmap.org/map
if you scroll around you'll see quite a few hotspots, eg https://btcmap.org/map#13/46.00261/8.93870
i've been in bitcoin for a while and i can tell you in the context of bitcoin's history this is an absolute explosion of growth - driven mainly by lightning fwiw
i don't doubt your experience (or have any problem with your attitude π )
no i haven't been in the US. but i'm just inviting you to consider, if you know one of these businesses doesn't accept bitcoin, to update the map accordingly (and it could also be an opportunity to help them accept it again if they're interested but maybe lost track of wallets or something).
i think this map is a big part of how we win
maybe SSRIs will help with 5..
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i'm happy you are doing what you want
it's more that I don't want to miss it when the bullshit fiat empire finally collapses in on itself πΏπ
you saw info that it was wrecking immune systems in the first month??
can you at least link me it?
I mean, I'm as keen to let this go as you probably are but I can't help pointing out you've not given me any basis for your assertions!
Sorry but sport is the fiat of climbing.. π
If you need someone to maintain your routes and drill holes in the rock for you to climb them then maybe you also need someone to moderate your social networks and perhaps determine the issuance schedule of your currency... ππ
haha brilliant my first climber on here!
(well sport "climbing" anyway ππ)