{ "id": "c5133486a74b342204fea45f3f7b5da4c0d17e75e2d649325b3187b498d1bc02", "pubkey": "75bf23531ae9f98c62995ba07191e488ead475975371d63d7dfd46bde1bfa895", "created_at": 1722996812, "kind": 34235, "tags": [ [ "d", "YClVu5-" ], [ "url", "https://a.nostr.build/xFT3ymuVlw3kCHU2.webm" ], [ "title", "How To Create A Bitcoin Point-Of-Sale terminal using BTCpayServer and The Breez Plugin" ], [ "summary", "A couple years ago, I began writing a blog about using bitcoin as a medium of exchange over the lightning network. In the early days, I asked merchants at my local farmer's market if they would accept bitcoin but 99.7% of them said no. Bitcoin was difficult back then. You needed to run a node, set up channels, and provide liquidity, but that's no longer the case.\n\nThese days, self custodial lightning is possible without being a headache. \n\nAnyone who can use email and upload files to a website can accept bitcoin.\n\nNo coiners can accept bitcoin using tools like The Strike API.\n\nNow, the network has evolved to the point where we can easily set up BTCpayServer for them.\n\nWe can bring our meetups to places that want to accept our money.\n\nMaybe suits will turn down the business of orange people, but maybe we can find a few small businesses in our community willing to accept bitcoin.\n\nThis video is a tutorial, but more than that, it is a call to action. Find businesses in your local community that will accept bitcoin. Be their Uncle Jim or find an Uncle Jim that can help.\n\n\"Be the change you wish to see in the world.\"\n-Mahatma Gandhi" ], [ "published_at", "1722996812" ], [ "client", "flare" ], [ "alt", "This is a video event and can be viewed at https://www.flare.pub/w/naddr1qqr4jsmv2e6n2tgzyp6m7g6nrt5lnrrzn9d6quv3ujyw44r4jafhr43a0h75d00ph75f2qcyqqqgtwc3r28lh" ], [ "thumb", "https://flare-pub.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnails/kFeJJyD5R8jxSjUMgNFDF.png" ], [ "image", "https://flare-pub.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnails/kFeJJyD5R8jxSjUMgNFDF.png" ] ], "content": "A couple years ago, I began writing a blog about using bitcoin as a medium of exchange over the lightning network. In the early days, I asked merchants at my local farmer's market if they would accept bitcoin but 99.7% of them said no. Bitcoin was difficult back then. You needed to run a node, set up channels, and provide liquidity, but that's no longer the case.\n\nThese days, self custodial lightning is possible without being a headache. \n\nAnyone who can use email and upload files to a website can accept bitcoin.\n\nNo coiners can accept bitcoin using tools like The Strike API.\n\nNow, the network has evolved to the point where we can easily set up BTCpayServer for them.\n\nWe can bring our meetups to places that want to accept our money.\n\nMaybe suits will turn down the business of orange people, but maybe we can find a few small businesses in our community willing to accept bitcoin.\n\nThis video is a tutorial, but more than that, it is a call to action. Find businesses in your local community that will accept bitcoin. Be their Uncle Jim or find an Uncle Jim that can help.\n\n\"Be the change you wish to see in the world.\"\n-Mahatma Gandhi", "sig": "93ba9eb2eb12ebdb07f4f139adbb54efdc9c436956845fc186d5fe0b55606fb264ffb926d063bf3fad282a512b7d3e8758158694c3ed4eef296cb6e7ca005980" }