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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @028559d218 OP 27 Oct \ parent \ on: Now that I "have" Bitcoin... what do I do with it? bitcoin

Thank you for your comment.

Get bitcoiner friends (find them, talk to your existing friends that are technical, etc)

Have tried it's really slow. I'm hopeful that the signal/youtube/rumble community will finally adopt Bitcoin for online tipping... It is the best adopted internet-money and Lightning/Cashu/Zapping makes me hopeful.

Create groups with your bitcoiner friends and start using bitcoin (e.g. when they pay for you in a restaurant, you pay them back in bitcoin)

My Bitcoiner friends are on Stacker News so... there's that. I don't know any in person. I paid a friend once in Bitcoin and he was cool about it. He was (and is) really interested in Pi-Coin at the time.

Find many of the online stores that actually accept bitcoin - even for niche stuff (order Satoshi coffee beans, clothing, socks, meat...). Just search online for places that accept bitcoin - after a bit of digging there are hundreds, maybe thousands.

I have really looked into this and have. Although honestly I get tired of ordering things I 'dont need'. Plus I much rather support small business in person/that represent the communities I care about.

Buy online services with Bitcoin (Mullvad VPN, server hosting, etc)

I really like the online lightning-adoption among nerds.

Especially in the US if they use Square terminal, let them know that it will be easy to enable it in November.

I really hope the Square rollout is successful. I know Square/J Dorsey has commented that we need Cap Gains reforms in the States to help Bitcoin payments. Could be huge or not we will see.

Travel to a community with circular economy

I have tried this. It's amazing the first day or 2 the progress is great. But these are not places I live and most people probably cannot do this as the travel/lodging costs are significant.

Use btcmap.org to find places that accept

I love btcmap

If you are in Europe, join one of equivalents

I'm going to have to brush up on my German. Thank you for the link. I have definitely noticed more acceptance in the German-speaking countries (Germany Austria Switzerland) than other places which is remarkable... for how anti-tech the EU is. They certainly get Bitcoin

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Oct

I'm in a similar boat as you and was going to mention the Square rollout as something that might be huge for people like us.