I hadn't come across Umbrel, so thanks for bringing it up.
My thinking comes less from a technical onboarding perspective than from Austrian economics, my work on The Measure of Value, and Santostasi...
This is part of a local initiative I'm developing in Colombia within a broader strategic exploration.
The idea is to go beyond merchant acceptance and explore whether financial mentorship, self-custody and independent verification can become mutually reinforcing parts of a Bitcoin economy.
I'm approaching it less as a checklist for adoption than as an experiment in the conditions under which people voluntarily become more independent participants in the network.
Your experience with merchant acceptance would make your perspective particularly valuable. I'd be interested to hear how you see this approach.
The idea is to go beyond merchant acceptance and explore whether financial mentorship, self-custody and independent verification can become mutually reinforcing parts of a Bitcoin economy.
I'm approaching it less as a checklist for adoption than as an experiment in the conditions under which people voluntarily become more independent participants in the network.
Your experience with merchant acceptance would make your perspective particularly valuable. I'd be interested to hear how you see this approach.