Onboarding a simple fruit merchant in El Salvador
PLEASE DO NOT send me sats to this post! If you like it, send to the salvadoran we've helped in this l"ittle project" helping people to get onboard. bellow you will find her LN Address.
Few weeks ago I spoke with @MrM (he live in El Salvador for many years) about how to help some poor salvadoran people, to get onboard using Bitcoin and also helping them with a small attention, a gift, something they would remember that Bitcoin did for them (and NOT any bank or fucking government, but simply bitcoiners).
So @MrM went to find a perfect candidate to help:
- lives in El Salvador, a local that still didn't started with Bitcoin
- simple, humble, with not too much money
- if is a merchant of something even better
- if they have a bill to pay and we could pay it with bitcoin, much better
- if not, then buy a gift for them, from a merchant that accept Bitcoin and in this way starting that Bitcoin circular economy
And we've found one: her name is Lorena, a street fruit merchant, going on the streets of Chinameca, a humble village in El Salvador. If you are bitcoiner visiting El Salvador, just go and buy some fruits from her with sats!
Her Lightning Address is: tecolota@blink.sv
I sent her a nice tip with a message, to remember me.
If you want to send her more tips in sats, you will make her a nice Christmas gift.
Don't forget to add a message to that payment, even SN wallet support that!
Sending the Christmas gift !
So, the process was very simple and super fast!
I asked if she have a pending electric bill or something I could pay with sats.
So she had an electric bill from a local company Grupo AES EEO El Salvador, that are directly listed in Bitrefill (@bitrefill - nice one that you offer them a way to pay electric bills!)
She gave me the NIC (an identification number for her bill) I just inserted into Bitrefill supplier page, next screen was a confirmation of her contract details and the pending amount to be paid.
I just clicked "pay now" and I selected LN invoice. Paid the LN invoice and DONE !
No fancy KYC, no bullshit screens, just a simple confirmation and done.
I am glad that I made happy a salvadoran, s simple gesture, not too much money, but for them is nice that somebody from around the globe is paying her electric bill with bitcoin, without borders, instant, no intermediaries, no bank, no governments.
I hope this could be an example for other bitcoiner to do it!
I will continue this "little project" with more slavadorans, together with @MrM.
MAY THE BITCOIN BE WITH ALL SALVADORANS!