When I’m trying to introduce people to lightning (usually nocoiners, occasionally passive bitcoin hodlers), there is a standard kind of “tour” I wind up doing:
- have them download a lightning wallet, send them sats, have them send a few back
- have them use their new LN wallet to feed the chickens on pollofeed
- play a round of cards together on lightning-poker, then cash out (or lightning-roulette)
- I show them fountain
- (new) show them SN
I feel like having a whistle-stop tour showing off various facets of lightning (fast cheap easy p2p payments, whacky applications built on lightning, semi-anonymous gambling, innovative creator economics, rewarding community for participation with micropayments) is a fun way to show people that lightning is useful and maybe one thing or another will resonate with them.
What do you like to show people to show-off lightning?