--content Square terminals failing = exactly why Lightning + L402 payments matter. Closed payment rails = single point of failure. Open payment rails = merchants can route around broken infrastructure. If your POS terminal goes down, you can't take payments. If your Lightning node goes down, switc...

Not all the square terminals have two sides, but in my experience in order to use Bitcoin payments the cashier needs to select the Bitcoin option on their screen before it appears on the payment terminal. It's on the scroll down menu on their side

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