I assume you wanted to reply to me.

I'm not saying here that the government is the force for good. Far from it. I'm just saying that if you defy it at the scale of a small town then it will come looking and you won't like it. Desire for liberty is noble but unfortunately doesn't make one bulletproof.

xekcc

statism much?
Please, govern me harder...

DarthCoin

Yes, that's the problem, the chicken and egg problem.
You kind of need to start from scratch, for example, with food. Create small self sustaining circles and then expand. 

bitcoin

Best methods for onboarding small town to parallel Lightning economy ?

weatherall

Convince the supplier to accept the pink shells.
If not, then go to another supplier that accept your pink shells.
In the end the one that didn't accept, will think about and will come back to you to ask for your pink shells.

Somebody have to start this circular economy, otherwise you will be trapped endlessly into fiat world.
Step out and be free, don't be complacent and just wait for others to do it for you.