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"I can't pay my rent with bitcoin" they said. Here you have a solution!

1905 sats \ 31 comments \ @DarthCoin 24 Sep 2023 bitcoin

I usually hear those winning about not being able to live with Bitcoin. Don't complain, find your way damn it! Here is a use case - pay your rent with Bitcoin https://liv.rent/blog/livrent/how-to-pay-for-rent-with-bitcoin/

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32 sats \ 8 replies \ @Natalia 24 Sep 2023

There were two places I lived for a while, I just asked the owner to accept BTC, easier for both.! and done, but I guess really depends on the people.

But one of them preferred USDT before because it was "cheaper and faster", but then we switched to LN, which took quite a while.

31 sats \ 7 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

I pay my rent in BTC, directly to the owner. Took me some years to convince him but in the end couldn't resist to Darth... Now he's so happy.... "I told you so" is working. He's stacking.

12 sats \ 6 replies \ @aoeu 24 Sep 2023

Out of curiosity, did you structure rent to fixed fiat amount and then the sats that you pay fluctuates or did you structure it based on a fixed sats amount that would hopefully be able to be lowered over time as its purchasing power increases?

2 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

for the moment he wanted to stick with fiat value and paid in sats at the current rate. But we've discussed about making a fix price in sats.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @aoeu 24 Sep 2023

Makes sense. I used a fixed fiat when I was paying rent as well for a couple years. To my FIL, but it was still cool that he took sats.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

slowly we are conquering the world. One by one...

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 24 Sep 2023

We do not conquer the lands, we conquer the hearts. - Mehmed II

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @guts 24 Sep 2023

How do you calculate the value when you switch to sats?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @aoeu 25 Sep 2023

Until bitcoin is the standard, I'm happy just basing my rent payment on a USD value. Let's say rent is $1000/month right now. That is roughly 4 million sats. I would MUCH rather send the equivalent of $1000 in rent rather than a fixed sat amount because if the USD value of BTC doubled, then I would much rather send 2 million sats for rent rather than 4 million.

It will get interesting in the future because currently we are "okay" with or rather used to rent going up a bit each each. In a bitcoin world, you'd almost have to envision a world where your rent goes down in sats each year as the purchasing power of it keeps going up.

1 sat \ 9 replies \ @Natalia 24 Sep 2023

For those who travel a lot, using Airbnb for long-term stays etc. you can try to orange-pill the owner too, especially the places you really like and often come back to.

20 sats \ 8 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

check this out... https://airbtc.online

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

@k00b will like to have some airbtc neighbours 😂😂😂 no more airbnb

1 sat \ 4 replies \ @Natalia 24 Sep 2023

I'd prefer keep using Airbnb then orange-pill the good ones, need to do the work.!

122 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

As you wish...

101 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 24 Sep 2023

deep.!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

few really understand Darth Vader...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoinisawesome 24 Sep 2023

Every time he said as you wish.. what he meant was I love you.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 24 Sep 2023

Locations are quite limited, and the price seems like tourist scams 😂😂

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

They just started... Look into https://btcmap.org too

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @designsats 24 Sep 2023

no kyc?

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

so you are staying in an apartment and your landlord doesn't know who are you ?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @designsats 25 Sep 2023

yes :) just first name. Im special like that

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @deleted231216 25 Sep 2023

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @designsats 26 Sep 2023

"enying many their fundamental rights" - what a BS, fundamental rights are fundamental and not granted for State KYC.

Run to Mexico and start new life :) Its not just movies, its quite normal. Many boomers I met there were fugutuves from US or Canada. You might need to hitch a boat to get there tho :D

1 sat \ 6 replies \ @DeltaClimbs 24 Sep 2023

Or you can just use fiat payment rails at a lower cost instead of LARPing.

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/sWb_e8zRo-whzATP9aoP6yngtDk_C-zH7n44QVFnzl0/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLnBvc3RpbWcuY2MvdkhGY2tSMWYvYml0Y29pbi1vci1ub3RoaW5nLmpwZw

FIAT DELENDA EST

For more you will use Bitcoin to pay for things, stronger will became. For less you will use fiat, weaker will became and forgotten.

Choose the fiat slavery path and you will forever be a slave.

1 sat \ 4 replies \ @DeltaClimbs 24 Sep 2023

Using a 3rd party to convert your bitcoin to dollars and send DOLLARS to your counterparty achieves nothing other than enriching that company with fees and hidden spreads. Hence LARPing vs doing that service yourself.

Do not be so weak that a mere picture of the sith makes you crumble to your knees.

1 sat \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

Yes agree with that. I posted the link for all those crying that they can't use their sats to pay rent.

btw, I don't want you to bend the knee before me... I don't care. I care only about bitcoin use in this fucked up world.

you can just use fiat payment rails

that sounds even worse... is total fiat mindset. You literally keep alive the fiat system.

1 sat \ 2 replies \ @DeltaClimbs 24 Sep 2023

These services ARE FIAT, with a wrapper on top. You cannot get around that.

Store of value and STANDARD of value/contract are what bring adoption for the most part.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 24 Sep 2023

Yes are fiat services. I agree with that. Are the same as I do for many years:

I have a friend that wants bitcoins
I gave him bitcoins and in exchange he's paying some of my fiat bills.

I am happy that that he gets rid of his fiat and remain with my BTC. That means I use "bad rails of fiat"? No, not at all, is even better because my friend take my BTC.

Same with these "services", they remain with part of my BTC. So is still a win and a start of bitcoin circular economy.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DeltaClimbs 24 Sep 2023

If they want to keep some of the bitcoin, they will probably not use these tools. Maybe some of them keep part in bitcoin, but most autoconvert 100% to fiat.