Mayor of Vancouver, Canada purchases a drink using #Bitcoin Lightning

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Horrible poison. But it's cool they got a Bitcoin vending machine, just a shame it isn't stocked with real food
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tuco 1 month ago
If Pepsi or whoever vending company want my sats, either grow some cojones and spare me the taxes or they get fucking fiat. …also: all politicians are bad no matter what View quoted note β†’
True, now more than ever we would like it to be separate so those who ideological align with it can be buyers. But when something gains πŸ’° value, it automatically becomes attractive. That's why we said 'to an extent'. For us to be able to pay with Bitcoin for anything - a coffee in Switzerland or an apartment in Dubai, we'd need it be accepted by merchants. Adoption is always a double-edged sword πŸ—‘οΈ
It's not the state that needs to adopt Bitcoin but the individual. You don't need permission to send or receive Bitcoin.
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