True. I also think for "hyperbitcoinization" the adoption must come from the merchant side (demanding/preferring being paid in Bitcoin) but let's see.

Yes you have a point. Any retailer could have set up a bitcoin payment method. Most apps make it easy to convert dollars to bitcoin. Maybe people are concerned about the law. The governemtn would tax the sale and tax if you convert bitcoin to dollars.

some people get comfortable to what is familiar to them or if someone can do it on their behalf. 😬

bridges

Why would a business with existing infrastructure for payment systems that have existed for 20+ years continue to use their currently existing payment infrastructure as a settlement method for their vast majority of customers instead of building a brand new infrastructure for a small minority of customers 🤔? Love it, or hate it but the square update is probably the best way to make it friendly for businesses to accept Bitcoin.

I appreciate both Jack & Square for this great launch and also DarthCoin for his continuous shaming of anything that's not self custody (from his sovereign mud house no less). 💜

Yes! This!

The "Bitcoiners" you get through that are weak and lazy. They fight more for the system then they fight against it. Tracking. Logging. Taxing. Soveriegnity is something most people are not interested in. They came here to die without standing their ground. Choose your allies wisely is all I can say as someone who is aligned probably 95% with you. With the single exception that I choose Bitcoin and Monero together, partially because I can not stand the fools that have amassed themselves around Bitcoin that never will use it in a private and self-custodial way. But maybe that's just Darwinism at work.