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BTC Sessions btcsessions@getalby.com 2 years ago
Stop bitching and take some initiative. Asking permission has never worked. Anyone in Calgary that wants to bootstrap a local Bitcoin circular economy with me, it's happening. Here comes the Saturday SAT market. Help me build it. FURTHERMORE - even if you aren't local to Calgary, your amplification helps A LOT. It makes sure that people are aware and it also encourages others to do this at home. EVERY TOWN AND CITY NEEDS THIS. OPA link: https://public.theorangepillapp.com/event/654fb6ee12ce84c1fa015a53?_branch_match_id=886325331464206759&utm_medium=Share&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXzy9KzEtPLcjMydFLLCjQy8nMy9ZPsUyxjKgKMnJxTQIAZBF7qScAAAA= Meetup link:
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The Saturday SAT Market - Goods/Services for Cash + BTC, Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 9:00 AM | Meetup
Hey everyone! I am taking the initiative to bring like-minded people in Calgary and Southern Alberta together to create a flourishing circular Bit...

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Club Orange cluborange@cluborange.org 2 years ago
🚨 The next 21 plebs who create a "Saturday SAT Market" in their own city and post the event on #OrangePillApp will get 10k sats ⚡️ Here's how: - post the event link in the replies to this note - add an LN address to the event - get 10k sats LET'S BUILD THIS #BITCOIN PARALLEL ECONOMY 🚀 View quoted note →
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BTC Sessions btcsessions@getalby.com 2 years ago
I posted this less than 4 hours ago. So far I have merchants lined up to sell: -beef -chicken -lamb -eggs -jerkey -cheese -soap -lotions -gift cards -3D printed merch -media a/v services -plumbing/heating services -financial advisor -candy -art/apparel WE CAN DO THIS! LFGGGGGG View quoted note →
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CappyNate🍁 cappynate@nostrplebs.com 2 years ago
This is how mainstream adoption starts. Get your local barbers, butchers, bakers, mechanics, plumbers, and others accepting lightning. Enough of these fringy dumbass applications. Lightning is ready for mainstream IRL currency adoption. Let's do it! View quoted note →
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Dr. Hax Dr.Hax@hax0rbana.org 2 years ago
Damn, I've had a bitcoin store up for a couple weeks and haven't had a single sale. I also am making improvements to the Magic Web Store software so others can do the same and AFAIK, nobody started their own shop. It appears being a famous vtuber helps in getting people to **actually participate** in the circular economy! 😄 Keep up the good work!
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Fluff Stack ⚡ 2 years ago
IBEX has a Bitcoin+lightning service very similar to traditional merchant accounts. It's an easy turn key on ramp for vendors.
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Dr. Hax Dr.Hax@hax0rbana.org 2 years ago
I'm in a blockchain club (closest to a bitcoin club that I could find in my town), talked to sellers at the farmers market, posed on social media, told my friends. I make sure I always check the "accepts cryptocurrency" when selling things on Craigslist. Talked to people at my Makerspace I'm the first to admit that I don't excel at these "social" things. I tend to mention it once to a person and if they don't seem interested, I'm unlikely to bring it up again with them. I don't want to be anoying.
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maple 2 years ago
I want to RSVP but I’m going to wait to see if it’s located someplace I can get to.
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The Daniel 🖖 daniel@deadcat.live 2 years ago
Mostly they don’t see the benefits to them because they have mostly heard bad news from their “trusted” sources. Probably your best bet is to show them how to get zapped by posting their brand new Lightning address on the Nostr and then checking back with them the next week.
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Dr. Hax Dr.Hax@hax0rbana.org 2 years ago
I'll keep trying. Inflation has made the people I know a little more curious about Bitcoin, so that seems like it's helping adoption, even if it doesn't get people in today, they're at least more open to the idea. Might have to go back to a day job to hold me over though.
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Dr. Hax Dr.Hax@hax0rbana.org 2 years ago
Thanks for the encouragement. FYSA, I was unable to zap you, but I can zap other people right now. I am a privacy advocate, so I use Tor. Some lightning providers won't accept money from Tor users; not surs if that's the case here... image
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BTC Sessions btcsessions@getalby.com 2 years ago
UPDATE: For the upcoming "Saturday SAT Market" next month in Calgary, we have 21 vendors... beef, sausage, lamb, chicken, eggs, cheese, soap, lotions, gift cards, grains/flour, baked goods, apparel, art, carpentry/renos, solar panels, IT consulting, home heating/plumbing, inuit carvings, life coaching, AV services, a candy store... and a partridge in a pear tree. JOIN US View quoted note →
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nobody 2 years ago
Man if I wasn’t working retarded hours all the time spring summer and fall I’d have the infrastructure set up already to add a Bitcoin element to our weekly farmers market up here in Bonnyville AB. I’ve got a list as long as my arm of projects I need to do aimed at setting up persistent servers for processing and confirming on chain and lightning payments for people up here, and be able to offer plug and play POS solutions to local businesses. Winter should afford me more time to migrate everything from the frustrating half baked setup I started with last winter on Umbrel and get onto Start9 Server at last. That and getting squared away on the wealth of knowledge Wicked has on UTXO management and more of Sessions’ material surrounding multi-sig. So much to learn. So little time. I am, however, so stoked to learn since joining Nostr that we have such a great bunch of Bitcoiners here in AB. I’ll have to break down and get on OPA to accelerate the process of meeting more of you.
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Chand Babude 2 years ago
Freaking awesome, I am very eager to host similar market in my area. Great initiative @BTC Sessions Willing to learn lessons and hope from this project. Keep momentum going guys 💪
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