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I paid for a meal with Bitcoin recently. The place was very modest and they just had a WoS QR code glued to wall. When I told the old woman at the cashier that I wanted to pay in Bitcoin she just told me the amount and trusted me to type that on my phone and trusted that my wallet would know how to convert that into satoshis at a reasonable exchange rate (she didn't know anything about Bitcoin I'm pretty sure).

Can't we make this better? There could exist a device with buttons where she could type the amount like she did with the credit card machines all other customers were using. She would just press the amount there and handed me a QR code to scan with the amount included, and exchange rate conversion done at some server trusted by the restaurant, it could be fully offline.

I'm just saying this because I was amazed by the fact that so many years have passed and I barely hear about these kinds of issues or the solutions to them. Makes me feel that no one is thinking about the problems of grassroot Bitcoin commerce adoption, which is the most important thing.
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DarthCoin · 17w
>I paid for a meal with Bitcoin recently. That's blasphemy from you! >WoS WR code glued to wall That's not even Bitcoin ! >Can't we make it better? Yes, they should be teach how to use @LNbits and you know that very well being a LNbits contributor...
fiatjaf · 17w
Most of the videos of Bitcoin being used in commerce in backwater places I see involve a phone with a shitty wallet interface in it. This setup is kinda bad as it has way too many requirements: - a phone - internet access for the receiver - internet access to the payer - a setup that is casual enou...
nostrich · 17w
so fix it then you fixed social media didnt you you can obviously fix paying with statecoin
alejandroalejandroalejandro · 17w
hey man, thanks for sharing. i actually just built the answer to this. it is a noncustodial POS built on bitcoin, lightning, and nostr. it's called Plaza BTC. it's live on the ios app store right now. android version coming soon. hardware terminal coming soon. with the Plaza BTC app it's simple. yo...
BrianFitzwater · 17w
I don’t know what system Steak N Shake uses, but looking there might be some help.
Hynek · 17w
Aren’t you describing Numo? https://numopay.org/
corndalorian · 17w
Wallet of Satoshi has a built in point of sale interface. https://blossom.primal.net/63cf3e3c9e1c9c7b2d2688da8b4bfb817e74b3b982e59774d5f59230ea87223e.png https://blossom.primal.net/cb603fd2ddd28e0f7d3a8a9cad552d4daa1d56ef7ae4a41027ae54d23865ee73.png https://blossom.primal.net/37e89939529b71a4c6b50d...
Ben Arc · 16w
nostr:nevent1qqsp6wkftugtg3a9us338qun9uq9v566tl3ucgt3ussuelhvzkrlf9gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsygxpl3mhra06gx8a8tzfygdp3uvmgtxt0fnrm28sfjaldsyvsrfqkypsgqqqqqqsfgscjt
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 16w
Where is the issue exactly? People can pay for their services. When a merchant sees, that people cheat on them, they will may search a solution. But is it probable, that merchants should be cheated oftenly? I doupt it. Like in every supermarket it is possible to steal things. But everyone knows th...
BitTasker · 16w
Hey brother nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7cnpwdehq6tnw3hkctn0wfnj7qgcwaehxw309a5kucn00qh8yetvv9uhxtnvv9hxgtcqyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6nzn5fw we are working our assess of here trying to get noticed and have built an App where you can earn Bitcoin , please repost the trending...