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It took a lot of research. Frequent visits to BTC Map, and trying to get into local Bitcoin meetups/groups to find out where to spend.
Not so much hustling, as we're moving around a lot and that makes it very hard to build a strong relationship with merchants if we're only around a few months at most.
I haven't put in very much effort, but I think I'd have a hard time convincing the electricity or water utility here in Austin to accept bitcoin.
Food might be easier, and using something like silent.link for phone service is no problem.
If I was to try this, I think I'd end up using a lot of gift card services or bill pay services, but that wouldn't really be the same as actually paying in sats.
I haven't put in very much effort, but I think I'd have a hard time convincing the electricity or water utility here in Austin to accept bitcoin.
No kidding. That's where the type of intermediary like MoneyBadger really helps a ton.
Even if the utilities don't keep the sats, I get to pay and not worry about conversions.
If I was to try this, I think I'd end up using a lot of gift card services or bill pay services, but that wouldn't really be the same as actually paying in sats.
This is pretty much how we started and are still doing in many places as we travel.
I'm not too fussed about the purity test. From my perspective if I can pay via my Lightning or Bitcoin wallets, I'm a happy camper.
I can convince myself it isn't too bad by simply pretending they got the sats and decided to sell them immediately. And if they really did that, I wouldn't be bothered unless I had a better option to support a merchant I knew who'd keep his stash in sats.
I'm curious how you started paying for things in Bitcoin. Did it take a lot of hustling to find providers who accepted bitcoin? Was/is there a lot of hoop-jumping involved?