GM Nostr.

I have an idea to help accelerate Bitcoin adoption. It’s so simple, but I think it could be really effective if enough people started doing it. So, here is the idea and hopefully we can start a movement together.

Any time you go to pay for something, ask if they accept Bitcoin. I get it, it doesn’t even really sound like a new idea, much less a good one, but play it out. You’re in the drive thru at McDonalds and as you’re reaching for your card to pay, you just ask, “do y’all accept Bitcoin?” as if it’s the payment method you would prefer. You already know they don’t in this case, that’s not the point. All you’re doing is planting the seed in the employee’s mind. The first time they get asked, they may just say “huh?” and never think of it again. But by the second or third time they gets asked, they will inevitably start to question why, suddenly, they are getting asked this and wonder why people are wanting to pay in Bitcoin or just what Bitcoin even is. At some point, when it sparks their curiosity, they will either take the time to look into Bitcoin themselves or ask you and give you a chance to point them in the right direction.

If I’m the only one doing it maybe I’ll eventually add an individual or two to the Bitcoin network. But imagine if the entire Bitcoin community made a habit out of doing this? Any time you’re about to pay at a business, just ask if they accept Bitcoin. Obviously, the answer will usually be no and that’s okay. Thats all you have to do. Just getting the word Bitcoin in more minds will help bring on more individuals, but if this practice became commonplace enough, I think it would speed up the process of Bitcoin becoming a medium of exchange.

The way I see it, it can only help. If a business goes from nobody asking them about Bitcoin as a payment option to, all of a sudden, 10 customers asked in the last month, now they are strongly incentivized to do their due diligence and at a minimum find out why people are asking. “Why are people asking to pay with Bitcoin?” “What is Bitcoin?” “Is Bitcoin money?” You’re steering them towards the rabbit hole. There is so much great orange-pill content on the internet, but we have to get it in front of the eyes of the ignorant or unconvinced.

I really believe this targeted grass-roots effort to accelerate Bitcoin adoption could make a huge impact if we all got on board together. Who’s with me?

@Jeff Booth @MartyBent @ODELL @Saifedean Ammous @Lawrence Lepard @James Lavish @jack mallers @jack #Bitcoin

@Jeff Booth Curious to hear your thoughts on this post made today by Mark Cuban on X:

“Disagree. Generative AI will be the greatest growth and productivity engine, ever. We will see amazing new shit that replaces the old shit, but will cost more and we will bust ass to get it.
Some will be purely digital, but it will be the good digital shit that everyone wants and will pay up to get. Others will be new products that we didn't know we wanted that we will pay up to get

Entrepreneurs will create new companies, some of which are based on ideas that AI generates, that will have to compete with other startups that competitive AI dreams up. Which will compete with companies who don't know how to compete in this new world. Their old shit will get cheaper because it's shittier

There will be millions of models that compete and trillions of agents that compete. But intellectual property will be king as people try to determine what we value in a new world.

That will lead to robots and self driving everything. Anything that needs to be physically transported ,human or otherwise will happen in a self operating device. Some will be dronesrhe size of a pill. Otherwise will be enormous that will move really big shit that AI invents
Right @elonmusk? And that shit won't be cheap

Life and companies will move to be native Ai rather than AI bolt on like we are seeing today. There will be two types of companies, Native Ai companies that are great at it and those who are on their way out of business.

Deflation happens when we get more of what we already got at a cheaper price. When everything is new , entrepreneurs will charge what the market will bear

We haven't reached the crazy stage yet because it's all changing so fast and going in an amazing direction.

If you aren't excited by what is happening in AI and playing with every tool and learning all you can about it, you need to go back to your IBM PC”

Hey @Jeff Booth I’m reading your book, The Price of Tomorrow. Loving it so far. However, from page 104 throughout the rest of the book, my book has a print issue where on every even-numbered page, the last word on every line has a blank spot overlapping it, leaving me to guess what word you used based on the letters I can see. Is there any way I can get a replacement copy? I ordered this one on Amazon.

Best cold storage wallet for #Bitcoin? Thanks

So, #Bitcoin inheritance. Is giving someone your seed phrase the only/best way to give someone your Bitcoin if you were to die?

@Jeff Booth not sure you’ve had the chance to listen yet, but curious your thoughts on Michael Saylor’s opinions on today’s episode of The Bitcoin Standard Podcast. They had a testy debate. His vision for the future seems to go against your argument that the new system is incompatible with the current system. #Bitcoin