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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @NEEDcreations 14 Apr \ on: Trying to pay with bitcoin at a local coffee shop -- FAILURE! bitcoin food_and_drinks

Square has begun rolling out an update where bitcoin payments will be enabled by default for the merchant (it initially rolled out where the merchant had to opt-in), so there will be no more of this confusion/bs to deal with anywhere that has a Square terminal. Soon.

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78 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 14 Apr

But according to Car, the update won't be applied if you have older hardware, which a lot of these small businesses do:

#1471328

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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @NEEDcreations 15 Apr

oh jeez okay I didn't realize this was an issue.

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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 15 Apr

yeah, kinda sad!

But it also means that their map needs some cleaning up. They need a clear signal from the company that their bitcoin terminal is working. Shouldn't rely on self-reports or customer-reports.

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