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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @fiatbad 13h \ parent \ on: Where are the Bitcoiners? Where are the Spenders? Where are the Users? bitcoin
That's like flossing one tooth then proclaiming, "I flossed today!".
We use Lightning on SN because the developers didn't even give the option to send fiat. They easily could have implemented a fiat withdrawal option, using Cowboy Credits as the micro-payment rail. I would bet that the "Bitcoiners" on SN would use the fiat+CC system MORE than LN, if the devs had provided such an option.
The same is true in the physical world. It's up to US who develop businesses to stop accepting fiat.... stop even implementing it on our platforms as a payment option. The same way the SN devs have done here, just don't allow fiat. Unfortunately, no one seems to have an appetite for doing the right thing.
if you run a business and you have people that depend on you, you're not going to just tell your customers to fuck off and pay in btc, because you will go bankrupt immediately, then what use are you to anyone?
The goal of a business is to serve your customers and give them what they want, at a minimum btc can be offered as a payment option, then peope have to decide themsevls.
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Yea, I understand that we can't do it as simply as I imply in my comments. I understand there will be friction, and creativity must be applied. But there is much more they could be doing to trend toward the future we all claim to want.
My complaint is that Bitcoiners don't appear to be trying at all. They seem fine with the current state of fiat dominance (they talk like they aren't, but their actions show they are).
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