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That's a great approach, it probably works great in small shops where the owner is at he cashier, I giess?
Or does it work on the supermarkets and gas station too? and if not does the employee get some interest in learning more for himself or herself?
Considering your experience there, there's any chance you got merchants showing you a P2P lightning invoice directly? If yes what do you recon is the % of merchants accepting p2p vs those using third parties services you have mentioned?
Or does it work on the supermarkets and gas station too?
Most places I buy from are chains like that.
Considering your experience there, there's any chance you got merchants showing you a P2P lightning invoice directly?
Almost all of the places use third party services. They verify my transaction has gone through by checking their systems for confirmation.
Pretty sure the lightning level is abstracted away completely from their perspective.
What do you think will be the best approach to educate business owners and small local merrchants to accept bitcoin? Do you think they would be interested to learn?
I believe the more people ask if they can pay with bitcoin, the more likely an owner will become interested.
Even if they only start to find out what this bitcoin thing is, because they keep seeing social proof of others using or wanting to use it, that is a win.
To me, the first and most important step is for a non-bitcoiner to realize that bitcoin can be and is used as money in some places. Not just as collectible digital trinket.
First, I ask if I can pay with bitcoin. And usually, that only nets me a confused look.
Then, I ask if I can pay with Scan to Pay or Zapper. If yes, then I tell them that it means I can pay with bitcoin and show them how if they're interested. Somewhere between half to a third of the people show interest.
Even though I know that most won't know that paying Scan to Pay or Zapper QR codes can be done with bitcoin, I still ask to pay with bitcoin first.
That way, they start associating it with being able to use bitcoin for payments. Both for themselves and future customers who may ask the same question.