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Compass Coffee deploys first Square terminal accepting bitcoin x.com/CompassCoffeeDC/status/1978509064540664103

1414 sats \ 37 comments \ @Scoresby 16 Oct bitcoin

Big moves today - just deployed the first Square terminal in the world accepting bitcoin.

Thank you @jack ! Cannot wait to see this come to Square devices worldwide soon.

Tested on a huge range of wallets, all worked seamlessly. The beauty of open standards. ⚡️

Thanks @CashApp, @walletofsatoshi, @ZeusLN and of course @BTCDistrict!

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152 sats \ 20 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

LOL SIX THOUSANDS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE BITCOIN a single coffee ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

103 sats \ 8 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 16 Oct

This ain’t coffee, it’s a cup of water with brown ink.

this is coffee!

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Oct

Yes. US can't do espresso.

102 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

only with tylenol 😂

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Oct

I am going to give my kids extra Tylenol now so that they will grow up to make good espresso.

66 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Oct

"The first order was a PSL"

For shame.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 16 Oct

What does PSL mean?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Oct

Pumpkin Spice Latte

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 16 Oct

The horror...

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

That sounds like Dacia Hipster LOL

made all by plastic crap

102 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Oct

Lmao! Guess they are on the "rename satoshis to bitcoin" train?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Oct

It's a disease. It's showing up everywhere in Bitcoin.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

they are still asking grok the difference between sats and msats 😂

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 21h

Yea this caught my eye too. So stupid

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Oct

US prices. I tried to get an espresso today and the going price was $5.45.

US prices for many things are quite high.

112 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 16 Oct

WoW

In Portugal, there are still places where you can grab an espresso for just 1 euro.

107 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

anyways, in the end they accept bitcoin. And that alone worth a salute for them.

1 sat \ 3 replies \ @OT 21h

It could be 2 right?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 21h

sure go ahead and pay 3000 BTC for a coffee now

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 21h

Thats about what it costs in Australia. Its also why I usually make my own

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 21h

you still don't get it

102 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Oct

Will we have mass merchant acceptance by the end of the year?

666 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

I don't think so we will see that soon in US... you guys are soooo deep into fiat mindset and ETFs.

LOL only 1400 merchants in US, even South Africa have more than you. And let's not talk about Europe with over 5400 merchants.

US... NGMI

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @unboiled 23h

even South Africa have more

It gets even better: Thousands more missing from that map in South Africa. Not sure why, but btcmap shows pretty much only Pick 'n Pay but very few others.

MoneyBadger, the same people behind CryptoQR which powered paying at Pick 'n Pay to begin with, have their own map showing a more complete list of merchants.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 16 Oct

If every Square terminal accepts bitcoin, though, I think that's millions of new merchants.

I know it's not driven by merchant demand, which would be better, but it will still become much easier to use bitcoin for everyday things.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

yes, I do not deny that, is still a big step forward.

47 sats \ 5 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Oct

I still haven't heard whether it will be on by default and up to the customer to choose, or whether merchants will have yo "turn it on" before they can offer it to customers.

180 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Oct

I propose the following:

make it opt-in to switch to ON
the "OFF" button should not exist 😂😂

There's no going back to fiat button LOL

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Oct

I've been a little confused by the rollout, but I recall hearing something about how it would be turned on by default and if merchants don't opt in there would just be an automatic conversion to fiat for them.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @BeeRye 16 Oct

merchants need to opt-in

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 16 Oct

Is that the plan long-term?

47 sats \ 0 replies \ @BeeRye 16 Oct

I'm not sure. I was listening to the bitcoin presidio jam podcast and Steve Lee who I think works for Spiral said it would need to be turned on by merchants.

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 16 Oct

Very very cool

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 10h

This is like 5 years too late. This would have been good in 2021. In 2025 it’s kinda meh.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Sandman 14h

I hope to see more of this, especially in this part of my world. Fiat is losing it already.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 19h

Oh thank god that wasnt the right next to my apartment. Compass on I St SE has held multiple bitcoin events

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @035736735e 12h outlawed

stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.