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1725 sats \ 21 comments \ @kepford 25 Aug bitcoin

Over the weekend my wife and I visited SF. It had been 5 years since I'd been there. We were curious how busy Pier 39 would be (a popular tourist area). They have a stage with free shows. The magician was good and was doing value for value (though he didn't call it that). Towards the end of the show he started mentioning how unlike shows where you pay before you see the show in this situation you pay after. You can determine what it was worth to you. The guy was funny and I still can't figure out how he did his final trick.

While he was saying he accepts cash, Cash.app, and Venmo he said "and Bitcoin". He kept repeating bitcoin. He said, I'd really like to get 1 bitcoin. My lady told me, you should give him some bitcoin. So we did. Turns out I'm only the second person that has tipped in bitcoin. The first was in Vegas and that guy really sold him on the idea and helped him set up a wallet. He said he's holding not selling. Guys, we are so early. We have a long way to go.

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134 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 25 Aug

Careful. He knows magic. You mind find your wallet empty. Haha.

Cool story.

114 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 25 Aug

Ok, now I'm wondering what's the over/under on when some magician incorporates bitcoin into their act.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

Yeah, he said he doesn't mention bitcoin. He was in SF and since its a tech hub he thought he would. He was very excited about getting more bitcoin.

52 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 25 Aug

imagine if some magician magically guesses someone's private key. How shook would you be, or would you think the person was a plant? ha

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

Yeah...

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

Ha! As with most good magicians he was very funny.

He seemed to get the shitcoin scam. Told me someone gave him some shitcoin. He couldn't remember the name. He had us laughing when he said "it went TO THE ground". In the way shitcoiners say "to the moon". My wife said, you should make your own coin. We all had a good laugh.

57 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 25 Aug

Did he have any profile page, instagram or similar?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

No clue

49 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 25 Aug

Experiences like these are awesome.

I've tried tipping people a few times in bitcoin, but they've never accepted. Usually it seems like it weirds them out. You aren't kidding we are early.

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

Yeah, it may be my age... it is almost certainly my age, but my patience for these high time preference bitcoiners is wearing thin. Sure, many don't talk about selling but it is obvious they just wanna get rich quick. Its Monday, maybe I'm just grumpy but when you live in the real world and interact with people you will realize how early we actually are. I love the bitcoin bubble but its a bubble.

57 sats \ 4 replies \ @j7hB75 25 Aug

What wallet was he using?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

Nice try fed.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @j7hB75 25 Aug

Oh, come on! I'm not the fed. Just genuinely curious.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

That's what a FED would say... Is it not?

Its a joke. I think Green wallet but not sure.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @j7hB75 26 Aug

Ah, okay. Nice! So cool to be able to pay someone with Bitcoin in the wild. I've yet to be able to do this. I tried to convince my electrician to no avail.

7 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 25 Aug

Did you watch him carefully. He might be @JoeNakamoto in disguise!

Nice story. We surely have a long way to go.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

lol, nah. @JoeNakamoto gives bitcoin away.

3 sats \ 1 reply \ @02d769cb73 25 Aug

On chain or LN ?

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 25 Aug

On chain

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 25 Aug

great story! and yes, we are early!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 25 Aug

One of my old friends is a street performer. The show was mostly comedy, trying to gather a decent crowd around. When there were enough he would do the main attraction which is to swallow a sword.

He would always get a kid from the audience to hold the sword for him and then after the trick he would get the crowd to agree on what a great performer the kid has been and gave him $5. This was the way to get most people to open their wallets and pay v4v for the performance.