Using Bitcoin has to be as easy (or ideally, easier) than fiat rails. Not just the payment part. The buying & the hodling as well.
In a perfect world where a merchant understands the difference between hard money and soft money... lightmoney... no, weak money, they would offer discounts to Bitcoin payments
Neither is an easy problem to solve, of course, and I have no magic bullet to offer.
Oh, and of course, stuff like zaps on paid to post on both Stacker News and nostr is a no-brainer. I still don't understand why the whole creator economy hasn't moved on to V4V.
If I had to guess then my bet is the same as to why most people don't use Bitcoin at all in any capacity: they don't trust it. Or worse, they think it's "another crypto scam" or a Ponzi scheme.
My main ideas are simple:
Neither is an easy problem to solve, of course, and I have no magic bullet to offer.
Oh, and of course, stuff like zaps on paid to post on both Stacker News and nostr is a no-brainer. I still don't understand why the whole creator economy hasn't moved on to V4V.