I’ve heard of that- but never looked into it. I will now for sure!
Yeah, I don’t run a store, so I don’t know how the backends work. I feel like I’ve seen a “pay with BTC” discount before- or maybe the BTC pay server team would know. Or maybe paying with BTC could prompt a “reward” for credit/discount on the next order? Just thinking out loud. I’ll be sure to do my next order on your site with BTC. I should have done it the last time!
I see you accept BTC on your website sales. Do you make a significant percentage of sales in BTC? My rancher who we buy beef from accepts BTC, but he’s told me almost nobody uses it, so any sales he makes paid in BTC, he keeps in a “savings” account on the side instead of needing to convert back to USD. He doesn’t offer a discount for BTC, which I think could really spur more payments for him if he did.
Personally, I think it will rocket up, and sooner than 2030. It feels like a dam is breaking, and when it does, it will be seen as the true “flight to safety” asset. And I could see we shift from talking about $/BTC to sats/$. A million dollars per whole coin sounds really expensive compared to saying 100 sats per dollar.
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I look forward to hearing your thoughts in this forum. I know many podcasts dig into the details of many of the specifics of this technology, but I for one enjoy conversations that take a step or two back and really establish the core fundamentals and set a solid understanding of how the various aspects tie together. I listened to the first few episodes and highly recommend. So far this is a series I could recommend to newer bitcoiners who are curious to understand more without getting lost in technical details.
I have this dream that someday I’ll be the “Uncle Jim” in my area, running nodes, maybe issuing ecash, providing in person training on the tools. I’ve learned a lot on line, but I know most won’t spend hours watching YouTube tutorials too. The tools keep getting better, but I couldn’t throw people in the deep end and wish them luck. A bad experience at this point is worse than them waiting until things are easier for the average person. IMHO
You should see me trying to explain nostr to my real-life friends. I have yet to find one who’s even heard of it, much less willing to try it. Similar with BTC- although they’ve heard of it, but no wallet or address, lightning or on chain, that we can use between us. I know we say “we’re so early”, but we really are. 😂
I need to get on the bike today. Thanks for posting- it’s motivating to get back on it.
I’m trying to up my homesteading too. I’ve got seeds started under lights inside (still too cold here outside). I’m also coordinating meat and dairy from our nearby rural areas to our community. Agree that every little bit helps!
That’s awesome. I often feel overwhelmed on the technical side of all this- as I have a fiat job and family and can only dedicate so much time to it. But I want my kids to be aware and comfortable with it. And I have to remember that even if I feel behind the cutting edge, we are so far ahead of most people today.
I’m on a similar journey with Start9. Trying to get a set up to support a Bitaxe mining with Ocean and lightning payouts. I know it’s not much, but it’s a good learning tool for now, and hoping i can get it set up to then add more hash power in the future.
I follow that too- and it’s constant lately… I partly want to unfollow to clean up my feed. But it’s a nice frequent reminder to stay humble and stack sats.
Totally! They literally had to “teach” the all the kids about the slur for the whole punishment to make any sense.
That’s excellent! It definitely on my short list for future international travel/vacation spots.
I recently had a funny encounter with my son’s principal at his charter school, which leans pretty conservative for a public school. Every day, each class sends a student to the office to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, the school motto, and make announcements. I happened to drop my son off a few minutes late on the day it was his turn, so I stuck around to watch.
My son and his Mexican friend—fluent in English—were messing around before the recitation. Boys being boys, my son teased his friend, saying, “You’re not getting out of this just because you’re Mexican!” They both laughed it off (this wasn’t over the PA system, thankfully). But the principal, an older white guy, overheard and took serious offense on behalf of the other kid.
Having grown up in the Southwest with a large Hispanic population, I know most Mexicans are proud of their heritage and don’t mind being called Mexican. So I asked the principal why he thought it was offensive. He explained that my son shouldn’t have referred to the boy as “Mexican.” I was confused and pointed out, “But he *is* Mexican. Why is that a problem?”
It got a bit awkward, but I explained that being Mexican isn’t something to be ashamed of. You could see the realization hit the principal—he’d assumed calling someone by their nationality was a slur. It was a classic case of someone projecting their own biases and getting offended on behalf of someone who wasn’t even bothered.
-White liberals ARE the problem.
-Race isn’t something to be ashamed to talk about.
In the 90’s this is how race was handled and it was a happier time.
—Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
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A friend of mines son, who is white and maybe 8 years old, was suspended for 3 days for using the word “monkey” with his best friend, who happens to be black. Like he was climbing up on things like a monkey. Zero racial slur intended. Zero offense taken by the friend. A young white teacher overheard it, got offended *on behalf of the black student* and got involved. “Zero tolerance” policy and suspension of an innocent kid, along with a school-wide letter about the “incident”. Unreal.
GM! You’re either going to inspire me to try making my own soap, or buying some of yours. Or both! 😊
