I would like to give you an impression of the state of Bitcoin adoption in a little village on the island of Crete in Greece that is representative for the aegean islands.

You find that village at the south coast and it has about two hundred people living here and during the summer there is tourism. It has some little tavernas and accomodation places, people here live on 50% tourism and 50% agriculture. Personally I rented a little house for about 20 years now that I maybe gonna buy during the next real estate crash that is already brewing.

There is one guy with a Taverna and some rooms that accepts btc onchain now since the last bull run 2021. He never studied LN, never published his BTC policy to attract the btc community... nothing. He never has any clients demanding for btc payment. Himself he's a hodler, believing in a growing ecosystem but as they are here: they don't give a f....

That's it so far. In Chania, the capital of this part of the island, the onle BTC ATM disappeared 6 months ago. I asked the shop owner (vaporizers and tobacco): no demand at all....

But: here in the village I know the young people between 20 and 35 years too. Today I talked to 6 of them: 2 bought it on binance in 2021 and still hold it, one is interested, the others don't have enough money: they thought they need to buy 1 whole BTC!

So, there is literally 0 education, a lot of confusion: "It's illegal, isn't it? What happens if it disappears? What about taxes? Lightning? WTF is that?''

But: as inflation is rising fast, anybody is watching and looking for a solution.

In my opinion You need to identify the intellectual 'leaders', explain the problem and help them to get on board by presenting cold storage and purchase solutions. That is what I did today. I gained two of the most intelligent guys I ever met (one has a restaurant the other is a writer, both living here) and we discussed the debasement problem and the fiat fraud. They got it in 5 minutes! To cross the bridge to BTC as the solution was easy. We did a sats transfer with WoS. Later we will discuss P2P orders and cold storage.

My landlord gets it, too. But I think he was a little drunk so we will have a talk tomorrow. But he was open to it, too because 99% of transfers here are cash (if You know what I mean). And the clock for cash is ticking...

I will keep the Sats (and the Raki) floating around here as good as possible.

Giasas

Btw: the foto in my profile was made from my terrace. Crete is paradise!