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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @beameduplol OP 7h \ parent \ on: Is Bitcoin Lightning feasible for contactless retail payments on the go? bitcoin
I am certain that I am - the - only user of Bitcoin in my country... Not everyone would be born in a place like you, where Bitcoin isn't outlawed or that 100% of people have a stigma it is either a scam/ponzi or an asset to get rich in FIAT.
My only real usecase for Bitcoin from my location & situation is peer-to-peer transactions (which I do quite often) and purchasing random small things if I can. There is zero usage of Bitcoin here, so I need to resort to giftcards.
Also, if you read my post instead of glancing at a single word, you would see that in the beginning if the second paragraph, I bring up the idea of a retail merchant actually directly accepting Bitcoin over Lightning. (As in, having the payment method of Bitcoin or Bitcoin over Lightning.) rather than using my Bitcoins to purchase giftcards (which, as you state, is like going back to FIAT. I agree with your statement.)
Your guides are good though. I read the bitcoin circular economy, which I do wish happened here, but zero usage on Bitcoin. I am not a merchant or have anything to sell as a service, so until then, I will have to live on FIAT.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 7h
I am - the - only user of Bitcoin in my country...
Countries do not "adopt Bitcoin"... individuals do. Be the change if you want to see the change around you. Waiting for others to do it for you, is not the way forward. So first educate yourself in this matter and then later slowly educate others around you. https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/5-stages-became-bitcoiner-en.html
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @beameduplol OP 6h
That is not what I meant. I cannot use Bitcoin directly to pay for gas, buy food at restaurants or shop if I am the only individual in my country that utilises Bitcoin.
I would be the change, but again, I do not have anything to sell, and I doubt anybody still has self-custodied Bitcoins they can spend. (i.e: there are some "investors" that own fake BTC on exchanges and can't transfer them)
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