Today I sent my 80 yr old father some sats to spend at pick n pay in South Africa.
Talking him through setting up a lightning wallet : 2 minutes
Talking him through sending me an invoice: 2 minutes
Sending the sats: speed of light for fraction of a cent
At which point he asked me “that’s cool, and how do I convert this to real money?”
Processing just how deeply lodged in our collective psyche the fiat illusion/delusion is: work in progress!
That question from a man who’s read the creature from Jekyll island and understands the problem!
bitcoinark / Chris Wessels
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2023-02-24 00:05:46
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2023-02-24 00:05:46Event JSON
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