103 sats \ 8 replies \ @Natalia 28 Oct 2023 \ on: Stacker Saloon
In the fiat world, online businesses in order to charge people money, they need to:
- register a company, deal with accounting stuff and the yearly maintenance, maybe even tax if they don't do their homework.
- use payment processes, most likely Stripe, which means need to pay again.
- to use these payment processes also requires to have a bank account.
what a well-designed loop, layers of layers of middlemen sitting in between, but guess what you really need now? A simple site, spin up a node, and focus on your craft:)
It could be even easier using a nostr market:
- no need for a static website / domain / server hosting
- no point of attack, all traffic is through wss not http
- could be fully anonymous
- and many more
reply
indeed, wild!
I want to see how will it work if integrating Bitcoin with real-world goods, because then you need to deal with the logistics and suppliers.
reply
Silk Road on steroids 😂😂😂
reply
do you know any Bitcoin-only site that solve this problem? I see https://shop.citadel21.com/ can be a good example of shipping products, I'm curious: how do they send the shipping, like under the name citadel21 or someone else as a person?
- if sending as a person, then would need to disclose the fiat name?
- if sending as a company, then need to go through the same BS again?
reply
sender is not important. You can send as Satoshi Nakamoto.
Receiver address is important.
reply
this should be the way, all really matter is the receiver address, but the customs would require the sender ( fiat ) name if sending international shipping, so I'm really curious how others solve this problem 🤔
reply
Still, iwe cannot sit here and believe that Bitcoin economy will stay only an online-matter. Therefore some kind of compromise will be accepted by the ones that actually want to do business using bitcoin out there in the real world.
My two cents
reply
Indeed, bridging real-world goods with Bitcoin should be the goal, it's also part of the fun in figuring it out.
reply