Are KYC coins really expected to be more valuable in such a situation? That's the only way I could see separate markets with separate prices emerging. How much could the difference be? Anything more than few bips would be easy to arbitrage.

When I say Lightning payment processor, I mean any kind of service or program that helps you generate an invoice on your or their Lightning node and check whether this is paid.

The most common payment processor in Vancouver is Coinos, which also acts as a custodial wallet. There is also IBEX and Eukapay. Very common elsewhere is the PoS functionalities of Wallet of Satoshi. I also like BTCPay, LNbits, Bitcoin Suisse, and there are countless others.

A good example is the LNbits TPoS. Feel free to open it on your device, generate an invoice over 1 cent and pay it from any wallet. You can then verify on your device that the invoice is paid because a green tick appears on the screen, but I hold the keys to my node.

Almost all payment processors have this feature, but the merchants don't want to get a dedicated device (e.g. tablet) to run it, and they don't want to teach their staff to use it.

The mayor is spiritually on board, but the city has very little influence on this.

I like Fastmail. Unlimited domains, aliases, but based in Australia. They used to take Bitcoin and I'm trying to bully them to re-enable it.

As I understand Bitcoin is relatively restricted in Mainland China, but it's also not illegal. How are people using Bitcoin there these days, and how do you stay up to date with news from China?

I did go to all the BTC merchants that I found around me from BTCMap! Just won't do a trip report about them this time

There seems to be some legal requirement that makes it impossible to custody sats for your clients. You can custody their euros, but not their sats, so you have to set them up with their own wallet, node or channel.

Thank you! May our paths cross!

Thank you! Hope you can make it back to Italy sometime soon!

Thank you! High praise!

Generally BTCMap seems to be accurate, and I agree that for a country that large and advanced there should be far more merchants accepting Bitcoin payments

I do very much wonder about the rates at ATMs, those are absolutely insane and I suspect it's primarily scam/extortion victims using them.

But 4% isn't insanely high for a tourist if you imagine that my old bank would charge me 3% for a foreign currency transaction, or at least 2% for an ATM withdrawal. There are some businesses that will give me a 5% discount on using cash over card, so it could be worth it for me to buy cash at a 4% fee over a prepaid debit card at 0%.

great insights, thank you.

Super happy to see this, already running it!

What would you say is the difference between a minivan and an SUV?

BMW makes minivans, the iX, X5, X7 for example. That minivans today are marketed as "SUVs" or similar isn't their problem.

The pictures you posted made me smile, though