I think a good hook at the beginning is saving small local business the exorbitant credit card processing fee. the only way I've thought of so far is a little clunky: a local tap-to-pay "gift card" that you can top up with fiat at any participating merchant, and using it in stores gets you a 2% (a bit lower than credit card fee) discount. no-brainer for locals who shop a lot. behind the scenes it's cashu with a mint run by a local maxi. he would likely have to take a bit of a risk - he'd want to fiat-back every dollar deposited so if the price drops customers don't lose. on the upside... if the price zooms he might be able to kick back a reward to the merchants that month.

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Not from what I've seen. 2% feel avoidance sound cool, but not if no one pays for it It has to lead to more sales which means it has to be part of a marketing strategy to attract Bitcoiners imo
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frphank 7 months ago
> behind the scenes it's cashu with a mint run by a local maxi. he would likely have to take a bit of a risk @vinney...axkl here has a genius scheme where others take the risk. > he'd want to fiat-back every dollar deposited if you issue ecash backed by fiat just denominate it in fiat. it's fiat end-to-end. #btcfail