Absolutely nostr:nprofile1qqsfrjd9ux5hgsg5cmlz6cdwfh5zv2024g8m2t6g9zqf83l8uqm0svspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wvh8xmmrd9skcqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46qeqhszm ! Also Using and setting up the plugin builder would also help, struggling to publish this vibe coded plugin for bitcoin rewards https://github.com/jpgaviria2/bitcoinrewards

Totally agree, and I think starting at the community scale we can do a better job than centralized social networks. Working on a community digital board with feed, marketplace, fundraising, business services and calendar.

100% agree, thanks to open source each project makes all other better. Thanks to cashu.me and bitchat I was able to make the best rewards system for my coffeeshop!! https://github.com/bitpoints-cashu/bitpoints.me

🚀 Introducing Bitpoints.me – A Bitcoin-native rewards system born from a coffeeshop hobby project ☕⚡

It all started with a simple idea: give customers rewards at my local coffeeshop. But instead of airline miles or hotel points (aka the biggest shitcoins of all time), I wanted something better—something that teaches people about Bitcoin.

Everyone knows how to use points. But what they don’t realize is:

Points get devalued in fiat terms.

Then they get devalued again by the issuer.

And they’re locked into platforms with zero interoperability.

So I asked: what if coffeeshop points were actually sats?

💡 Enter Cashu – a perfect fit. Custodial? Sure. But so are all rewards systems. And for a coffeeshop, rugging users is bad business. So I forked cashu.me, rebranded it, and launched a quick PWA: points.trailscoffee.com.

Users see “points.” But behind the scenes, they’re 1:1 pegged to sats. The mint shows sats. The wallet shows points. Simple UX. No friction. Just like a gift card—no login, just a code.

🔧 Not a dev myself. I leaned heavily on nodeacademy.org and the amazing Vancouver-based Pacific Nodewest community. Their ideas, feedback, and support were invaluable.

But I wasn’t satisfied. I wanted:

Offer A 10% discount when paying with Points/sats. AND

A model where rewards gain value over time, flipping the traditional system. AND

A way for local kids to use their points—without needing a phone.

I explored Bolt Cards. Cool tech, but still phone-dependent. Tried Lightning Piggy on ESP32, but micropython was beyond my AI-vibe coding skills.

Then came the crazy idea 💥: merge Bitchat with Cashu.

Why? So kids could use their balance at the coffeeshop offline. Cashu tokens are bearer instruments. As long as the POS is online, they clear.

After some effort, I merged bitchat-android with cashu.me, and that’s how Bitpoints.me was born.

🎉 A Bitcoin-native rewards system:

Interoperable with Lightning

Familiar UX (points/gift cards)

Educational for pre-coiners

Community-first, not corporate

This is just the beginning. If you're building, curious, or want to bring sats to your local community, let's connect.

👉 bitpoints.me

⚡ Powered by Cashu

🌱 Inspired by Trails Coffee

🧠 Supported by Vancouver Bitcoin & nodeacademy.org

***Not a software dev, used AI heavily, please don’t use in any other environment other than for testing purposes***

https://github.com/bitpoints-cashu/bitpoints.me

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Depends what you need, with zeus ln you get a node on the phone, and you can use for a POS. For the bitcoin cafe probably an old laptop and using ubuntu you can install btcpay server, which comes with a node, and they have a fast sync setting that downloads 90% of the chain and all you need is a day or two. If you want to try btcpay, you can get an account free at my sever lnbucks.com , takes 15 minutes to start accepting payments, you can link your primal wallet with nwc so you get the payment directly to your wallet. Happy to help if needed

How can I signup, square customer already

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I love the concept, I’m looking into something very similar to be used as rewards system for a coffee shop. Each customer that buys the nfc card gets sats for every purchase. How you got the nfc in a pin, I’d like to make one that can go in a keychain.

Done, worked from Zeus, haha

an ecash/lightning rewards system for a coffeshop.

There is a tftc episode where marty and paolo explains it. Is doing peer to peer communication without a server in the middle. Keet.io is the app tether made to replace zoom using holepunch. Paolo thinks it can scale to many things, on the podcast with preston they talk AI at the end and the example is local small models that can communicate with a network of small local models on other devices to make a serverless AI

Stay strong, NICU staff are incredible, my son was premature as well and we spent a lot of time in there and know how it feels. Baby just needs to complete the development, you’ll see incredible milestones along the way, is incredible how strong and resilient babies are.

Proof of work! Such a powerful value in fiat world

Moscow time

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Stay humble

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Where is this? I’m in BC

Yes it is insane how those companies charge for real aircraft boxes, broken money incentives makes them so large and inefficient that prevents them from being agile. I worked for Collins aerospace supporting the global 6000 business jet and was insane how much we were charging, even for software updates. Those systems labs are still required but I’m very excited with the development simulators early in the design, combined with AI able to understand SDK to make plugins and interface with engineering models on tools such as matlab. Thanks for writing this content, good to geek out on engineering simulation stuff!