I keep seeing news about Square enabling BTC payments and I’m curious how practical it is right now in the real world.
Do you need Cash App/Strike specifically?
Do merchants usually know they even have it enabled?
Can you just scan and pay instantly or do you still have to awkwardly ask the cashier first?
Would love to hear some real experiences from people who’ve actually bought coffee/food/etc using Lightning at checkout.
I used it at a coffee shop. My spending wallet was Phoenix. The coffee shop employees were very familiar with the Bitcoin on Square so that may have made it easier.
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The if the merchant is using the square terminal to generate a lightning invoice then the sender may use any lightning wallet. They don't need to have cashapp themselves. If you want to pay with bitcoin, you'll have to ask of course. It's only awkward if you make it awkward however :)
Tried and I am 1/3
I'm hoping at some point to find a walkthrough of what the screens look like when paying in bitcoin at a cash terminal. Complete with button presses on the seller's side, as well as button presses on the buyers side. Haven't been able to find this so far. Seeing that first would make me far more comfortable asking other square businesses once I know what I'm looking to see.