Terence EdenJan 3

🆕 blog! “Where is Bitcoin?”

Happy Birthday Bitcoin! At the risk of awakening long-dormant beasts, it looks like Bitcoin has failed for day-to-day transactions. So I've a simple question to ask - can you meaningfully spend any cryptocurrency in your city centre?

A few months ago, my wife and I went on a 30 day Interrail holiday across Europe. 10 countries, over a dozen cities, making over a…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/where-is-bitcoin/
⸻
#bitcoin #crypto #money

Where is Bitcoin?

Happy Birthday Bitcoin! At the risk of awakening long-dormant beasts, it looks like Bitcoin has failed for day-to-day transactions. So I've a simple question to ask - can you meaningfully spend any cryptocurrency in your city centre? A few months ago, my wife and I went on a 30 day Interrail holiday across Europe. 10 countries, over a dozen cities, making over a hundred payments. I looked in…

Terence Eden’s Blog
Show threadcameronJan 4
@Edent in the US, any Square merchant can enable Bitcoin payments. I often pay with Bitcoin at my local farmers markets. VPS and several other online things are paid via Bitcoin as well.
Show threadTerence EdenJan 4
@cameron interesting. Does that mean the merchant *receives* crypto, or that you pay with it and they receive fiat?
Show threadcameron
@Edent it’s up to them! https://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-bitcoin
Square Brings Bitcoin to Main Street with First Integrated Payments and Wallet Solution for Local Businesses

Square
Jan 5 at 2:28amWeb