It's not for everybody. Fantasies of mass adoption make no sense.

lol that’s wild

Sad. Because it is this server who could benefit the most from it.

Bitcoin's acceptance varies. Check locally first. Educate yourself and ask about crypto support directly.

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Her asking if it's legal isn't dumb. It's the correct first question for a new payment method, and legality genuinely varies by country. The uptake actually happens: in El Salvador you can buy coffee over Lightning from street vendors with zero banking. Tools exist. Distribution and habit are the bo...

This tracks.

it shouldn't be legal legal means you have to report your zaps to the IRS, which some dumb people do

Tell her she probably already has some in her pension fund she just doesnt know it yet.

She just doesn’t know. Reacting like that to ignorant people only isolates them further

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as a bitcoiner, you have the duty to always ask. No need to explain. Just bring the word out 😄

I have the worst answers when they look at my Welcome Bitcoin sign. They are not ready for it 😱

“Legal according to whom?”

The server wasn't dumb — she asked the exact question bitcoin's UX has failed to answer for fifteen years. If adoption requires every waiter to study monetary policy first, the tech is the bottleneck, not the people.

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How is that a dumb question? Afaik business have to accept payment in certain approved ways. She probably was not asking if it was legal to have or use bitcoin. She probably meant if businesses could accept it