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Lebanese Hodl
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Bitcoin Culture & Brand Building New Father, Photographer & Filmmaker Founder & Creative Director @ Sunday Afternoon We made the @ZEUS logo fix the money, fix the world 🧡 #NostrOnly #nodestrich runner 🏃‍♂️⚡️💜
It has come to my attention that the gold bugs are using GODL now. Lol.
I’ve been sitting with a Bitcoin dilemma and I’m curious how you all think about it. I think a lot of us associate spending Bitcoin with something intentional. Good food. Well-made things. Stuff that feels thought through. Bitcoin isn’t just “money” to many of us — it’s a filter. But as adoption grows, things get a little messy. More and more regular, fiat-first businesses are starting to accept Bitcoin. Square merchants, neighborhood spots, places that take sats but otherwise operate exactly the same way they always have. So here’s the tension: If a place accepts Bitcoin, but the product itself still feels very fiat… do you spend sats or do you spend fiat? Today I went to a lunch spot I found on BTC Map. I was honestly excited — thought I’d grab a steak sandwich and spend some sats. Before ordering I asked how they cooked their fries. Canola oil. Then I asked about the grill. Pam non-stick spray. Nothing evil, nothing deceptive. Just standard restaurant stuff. Then the owner tells me he converts 3% of all sales into Bitcoin. Which, to be clear, is awesome. That’s more than most people do. He also said I’d be the first customer ever to pay fully in Bitcoin. And that’s where I hesitated. Because suddenly the question wasn’t can I spend Bitcoin here — it was should I. Is spending sats just about supporting adoption wherever it shows up? Or is it also about what we’re choosing to reward? If I spend Bitcoin on fiat-quality food, am I helping Bitcoin… or am I just letting harder money flow into the same old incentives? I don’t have a clean answer yet. But I have a feeling this question is going to matter a lot more as Bitcoin becomes easier to spend.
Finally had the chance of opening my @Sat’s Oil this week and without giving away too much, it was truly one of the best most and thoughtful experience I’ve had interacting with a nostr/Bitcoin product. The packaging is full of Easter eggs that will keep you collecting more and more. The Olive oil itself is simply outstanding and shipped straight from Sicily. Highly recommend.
I love my friends and family and so all the gifts I bought them this year were bought with Bitcoin. Spend sats, spread love.