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TRX Bitcoin user reports spending BTC at Austin merchants via Square terminals
A r/Bitcoin post relays a Stacker News user's trip report about spending bitcoin at various Austin merchants, including tacos, haircuts, coffee and jiu-jitsu. The post says the user paid via Square terminals that support Lightning and that some merchants had never received bitcoin before.
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What the sources claim
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A Stacker News user visiting Austin is trying to spend bitcoin everywhere and writing daily reports. BTC
“is doing his best to spend bitcoin everywhere he goes -- and writing daily reports about it”
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A merchant accepted bitcoin hesitantly, saying it had been a while and only one repeat customer had done it. BTC
“He said it had been a while and only one other person (a repeat customer) had done it”
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The user paid for tacos with bitcoin and the vendor was excited because no one had done it before. BTC
“she was excited! No one had ever done it before she said”
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The user explained that some Square terminals allow bitcoin payments and some do not. BTC
“just explained how some square terminals allow it and some don’t”
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