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36 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 25 Jul \ on: Bitcoin Brick & Mortar bitcoin
@jimmysong shared a nostr note a year or two ago about wanting to do the same. I can't find it now. https://nostr.band is down.
My wife fantasizes about running low-staff brick-and-mortar businesses in retirement: automated carwashes or laundromats or vending machines. Bitcoinizing those businesses, given that the staff doesn't need to be trained, should be fairly straightforward too.
Its funny you mentioned a laundromat. I thought of that. My dad bought a laundromat in the early 1970s. It was mostly self service, but we did have an employee who did service laundry for people who worked. My job was to keep enough quarters painted with red enamel nail polish to identify the quarters used by our employee. It didn't go well. No one in our family has any mechanical repair abilities. The machines needed a lot of maintenance. He sold the place quickly. I understand the modern industrial machines are much more reliable.
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njump is down now. can't catch a break today.
Vending machines is a pretty nice idea. I've already thought about it. I just need to come up with a partnership refill system. Anyone could refill the machine and earn Sats from it. The problem is ensuring that they're refilling with legitimate products and not just any junk. This way, I avoid angry customers or worse.
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