I tried to pay with Lightning in a restaurant for the first time. Big disappointment.
The PoS had such a shitty screen that it was literally impossible to scan the fucking QR code.
Me and my friends spent 30 minutes trying with different phones and QR scanning apps without success.
There was no QR alternative (no NFC for instance). It also didn't support on-chain bitcoin (which would produce a smaller and perhaps readable QR).
In the end we gave up and I just paid with cash. The restaurant owner kept apologizing.
My friends and wife kept trolling me later with "See, I knew this bitcoin thing would never work!" 😂
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