![]() In their defense, they did not intentionally accept cryptocurrency: the owner simply recognized me, and showed me that he had an account at a cryptocurrency exchange, so I suggested to pay in ETH (using cryptocurrency exchange accounts as wallets is a standard way to do in-person payments in Latin America). In 2021, I attempted to pay for tea for myself and my friends at a coffee shop in Argentina. We need in-person payment systems to have some functionality (NFC, customer shows a QR code, whatever) to allow customers to transfer their transaction data directly to the merchant if that's the best way to get it broadcasted. Lesson learned: internet is not 100% reliable, and customer internet is less reliable than merchant internet. I had to walk over 50 meters toward the Internet Archive nearby to access its wifi, which finally allowed me to send the transaction. I soon figured out that the problem was that my mobile internet was not working well at the time. To my surprise, the transaction did not go through it appeared to have been sent, but the restaurant was not receiving it. ![]() I scanned the QR code, and clicked "send". ![]() When it came time to pay the bill, I asked to pay in BTC. ![]() In 2013, I went to a sushi restaurant beside the Internet Archive in San Francisco, because I had heard that it accepted bitcoin for payments and I wanted to try it out. Some personal user experiences 2023 Feb 28 See all posts
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