I'm in the 1st group. It's not that I need a lot of convincing, but it's not really possible to buy food with Bitcoin where I live. And I know some would say that I need to go to villages and preach Bitcoin to farmers. But they'd say:
"but can I buy electricity with Bitcoin?" "but can I buy fuel with Bitcoin?" "but can I buy fertilizers with Bitcoin?"
... and what can I do?
I live in an extremely entrepreneurial place, with tons of brick and mortar retail shops. I simply don't see a path for adoption at the Point-of-Sale, unless through something like Strike or Square which handles fiat also.
I do see a huge opportunity to grow bitcoin adoption generally; create more bitcoiners. Who will then utilize the BTC function in their square terminal, perhaps offering a discount to do so. "Peer to peer" payments does not necessarily mean "business to consumer". Many people have an antagonistic relationship with commerce in general and aren't looking to explore its nature.
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Thats a very good point but also identifies a goal that is easy to rally around. Narrows our target and focus on an attainable goal.
My personal opinion is the two Jacks are kindred spirits and have good intentions (but I could of course be wrong). Since they are running businesses they would also be receptive to organized communication (petition, email list, etc). "If it makes dollars, it makes sense"
I am not an apologist for big companies. Just really want to direct attention properly. Running a BTCpayserver should absolutely be encouraged as an alternative to big platforms. Thats why your article is great. But speaking from experience small business is hard enough already. Collecting money just needs to work transparently in whatever currency the customer wants to pay.
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