Re: Grocery giant SPAR accepting Bitcoin payments via lightning network
This is positive news for Bitcoin and the Lightning network for sure.
The thread title is slightly misleading because its only a pilot scheme in one country and IMO I
dont see Lightning payments being a massive payment channel for them, I hope I'm wrong though.
My reasoning is that FIAT is still the predominant means by which people get paid their salary
so its FIAT which will be paid by the vast majority of people through Google Pay, Apple Pay,
Chip and Pin and Tap and Go card payments as well as Cash.
While it might prove successful in Switzerland where there is a sizeable crypto community in a
relatively small area, globally though it may not be successful, hopefully I'm wrong.
The thread title is slightly misleading because its only a pilot scheme in one country and IMO I
dont see Lightning payments being a massive payment channel for them, I hope I'm wrong though.
My reasoning is that FIAT is still the predominant means by which people get paid their salary
so its FIAT which will be paid by the vast majority of people through Google Pay, Apple Pay,
Chip and Pin and Tap and Go card payments as well as Cash.
While it might prove successful in Switzerland where there is a sizeable crypto community in a
relatively small area, globally though it may not be successful, hopefully I'm wrong.
We will see about that, but I hope to see the results of such an endeavor going forward - sure thing, it's a small step, but we do need such steps to grow bigger
