Re: A supermarket in Mexico now allows Bitcoin payments for all their items
The supermarket is using Bitpay, you can pay with any wallet you want.
I'm not sure if Bitpay accepts lightning, but note that you can always order online, so waiting time for on-chain shouldn't be a problem:
In any case, fees are very low on-chain, for example this recent transaction for more than $3k just paid 7 cents in fees
Also, their clients paying with Bitcoin are getting 20% off until end of the year, that's a great discount.
I'm not sure if Bitpay accepts lightning, but note that you can always order online, so waiting time for on-chain shouldn't be a problem:
In any case, fees are very low on-chain, for example this recent transaction for more than $3k just paid 7 cents in fees
Also, their clients paying with Bitcoin are getting 20% off until end of the year, that's a great discount.
This is refreshing to see that the market accepts BTC in the wallet that I primarily use. Though I do not have any plans on visiting Mexico anytime soon, this move may soon inspire other markets to integrate this idea and accept cryptocurrencies as a form of alternative currency to their products/services.
Unlike any other local wallet/exchanges, I do think that BitPay offers convenience and reliable transfer fees. Unlike the local exchange that I use to keep my other BTCs, the fees are absurdly high which somehow demotivates me to use it without any incentive providing on their part to us.