207 sats \ 2 replies \ @clr 14 Feb \ parent \ on: I'm at a beach bar in El Salvador rn, here are my 'notes from the underground' bitcoin
I disagree. Without adoption, the tech will never be ready. The tech will only improve when there are hiccups. On one hand you appear to agree with BCH proponents on the need for adoption, while on the other hand you appear to wish for slower adoption because the tech is not ready. BCH does not solve the blockchain trilemma; it just increases scalability on the base layer at the expense of decentralization.
Besides, Lightning is working quite well, at least for me. Is it perfect and always smooth? Of course not. When I was a child, credit cards were accepted manually (5-10 minutes per transaction). Then, the first online terminals for shops began to appear. 1 out of 8 transactions would fail in the beginning. So what?
IMO, the main problem that Bitcoin has at the moment is not the tech. It is that it is so revolutionary that it's outside the Overton window and it is not 'approved' by the powers that be. Most people are hesitant about it or hostile towards it because of that fact. Be patient. It's OK if some merchants start accepting bitcoin and then give up. I also wish everything would happen faster, but it is what it is.
I'm old enough to remember when we had to do this
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And it wasn't just what is shown on the video. It was also checking that the customer's card number wasn't on the blacklist, making a phone call to the authorization center to get an auth number, filling in the form by hand with the amount, date... And at the end of the day, compiling all the forms from all the sales, adding them up on a special form, putting everything in a special envelope and mailing it or handing it over in person at the bank branch for processing.
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