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Feels like bitcoiners are finally pushing harder for real world usage of bitcoin 🔥

Let’s meet today on @BTC Prague 🔥 
Today I will have a nice panel session with @BTC Map master - @Nathan Day 🚀 Who knows where the discussion will progress, but I would like to discuss mainly bitcoin adoption. Examples what works and what doesn’t. Hope to see you there 🫵

Proč je výhodný platit bitcoinem? Koukněte na přednášku z Cryptobyte na téma bitcoinové adopce. 🚀

Why do bitcoiners tend not to pay with bitcoin? Making a bitcoin transaction with an “ordinary” person often seems surprisingly easier to me... #asknostr

Don’t miss the chance to visit Zlaté Sele during your @BTC Prague trip.

BTC Map

Zlaté Sele - BTC Map - Merchant

Find places to spend sats wherever you are.

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73 years ago on this day, politicians robbed the people of Czechoslovakia through the so-called currency reform. Overnight. Today they're smarter and do it gradually.

Exactly. Most people don’t understand opportunity cost. View quoted note →

Banksy strikes again.. The statue looks good to me.

Banksy confirms he is behind new statue in central London

The sculpture in central London of a man walking off a plinth while holding a flag has been drawing crowds.

We are building the best tool for people who don’t even know yet they need bitcoin 😀

I listened to an interesting podcast where they discussed the pitfalls of a cashu wallet and why it’s likely problematic to support it in the Signal app.


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Presidio Bitcoin Jam • Signal Messenger using Bitcoin, Funding developers, Perspectives of Jack, Saylor & Elon • Watch on Fountain

0:00 Hiking, biking, and growing food in the blue skies of SF 4:52 Signal messaging adopting Bitcoin? History, Considerations, & Paths Forward. 14:...

* Who will operate the mint? It won’t be run by a regulated entity without KYC. * How should a mint be selected in the wallet? * What happens if a given mint stops working? * How can users be migrated? * What if the mint does a rug pull?

At the last bitcoin meetup, I was intrigued by a 60-year-old bitcoiner who wasn’t interested in any lofty ideas about how bitcoin will improve the world. He simply has bad experiences with the state. Many years ago, he didn’t pay a property tax. It was a relatively small amount. However, over the years, they calculated very high interest on it. Eventually, he wasn’t able to pay it at all. Gradually, debt collectors stripped him of all his official assets. He renounced his citizenship - I’m not sure how he manages it, but he says he only has a passport and a driver’s license. He has to renew the driver’s license every five years, and for that purpose he temporarily arranges citizenship again. I might be using some terms incorrectly. In any case, this person lives in the Czech Republic but doesn’t have any bank account, so he pays for everything he can with bitcoin. 🔥 For that reason, he also dreams of better ways to acquire bitcoin around the world. Like peer-to-peer exchanges even in smaller amounts (for security reasons), based just on location, or cooperating with pensioners who have bank accounts, so they can buy bitcoin for him on exchanges and he gives them cash with an extra fee. And btw his mother is over 80 and collects sats through silly online clicking games. Seems like that the age is not a blocker for using bitcoin at all.

Is there some issue with

Testnut mint

It feels weird to see one week old version of an application 😀

Eddie created a “Med-O-Mat” - a honey vending machine. Two things about it caught my attention: 1. The goal wasn’t to use lightning, but to find a working offline payment solution. And bitcoin, with the help of LNbits, turned out to be the best approach. 💪 2. He built it in a small village where most residents are of retirement age and generally not interested in bitcoin. But once he helped the first elderly lady set up an LN wallet and sent her first sats, it triggered a chain reaction. She started showing it to others. It seems that age is not a barrier to bitcoin adoption at all. According to Eddie, locals have even started using these payments in some other businesses. 🔥 https://www.med-o-mat.cz/

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