I tried to make a directory of bitcoin-accepting online businesses and it is a surprisingly hard list to build. I have only been able to find 5 non-software ones (and I'm one of them) that meet some basic criteria:
- bitcoin only, no shitcoins (other than fiat)
- actually bitcoin, provably not KYC fiat auto-conversion
- products not made for bitcoin e.g. if you make very nice wool socks because you want to make a better sock, I'd list that, but not a generic cheapo sock you slapped a bitcoin logo on.
I asked for help finding more businesses and only got 20 sats on the post. Not a ton of engagement on twitter yet. https://twitter.com/CircularBTC/status/1697725848097616071
So going to add bounties:
20k sats: online store with beef
20k sats: the guy on twitter sanding down cast iron pans, but only if he is still doing it.
5k sats: any other store I deem fitting the rules
I will be reaching out to all the IbexPay merchants and let them know that if the publish an attestation on their website that they do not autoconvert bitcoin and use IbexPay in a nonKYC way that I will add them.
Yes, yes, I know hodling is using, and I have even written some rather vehement threads against the medium of exchange LARPing, and I do not think this is all that important, but it still seems worthwhile. Unlike medium of exchange maximalism, which is dumb, the criteria set forth here make it easier to Buy Bitcoiner, which supports the market cap, whereas the IbexPay, StrikeCommerce, CoinbaseCommerce, BitPay, and OpenNode are primarily LARPer-centric products for businesses thinking they will get a boost from the LARPer bitcoiner consooomers.
E-commerce side businesses is not just about the circular economy, but seems like a good way to increase bitcoiner exports into fiat land (hence non-bitcoin-specific criteria). Think historically about silver vs gold holding nations. Yes, most NGU is new adoption, but that can be augmented if the buying pressure of existing base can be increased. E-commerce is also a more sovereign stream of income than the jobs most people have.
I'm not religious, but the Old Testament advises 33% land, 33% gold, and 33% in your business. Of course, land and gold are shitcoins, but many bitcoiners are on 0 business-wise and opt to purely work for large corporations -- being an employee mathematically means you agree to take a loss on expected value in exchange for higher expected utility -- this literally means a lower bitcoin price in the aggregate. The more bitcoin entrepreneurs (in areas outside of bitcoin, more LARP startups not needed), the faster NGU. Ironically, the opportunity cost curve of bitcoin means a bitcoiner is MORE incentivized to be a wage cuck than a fiat/stock/re NPC.