Yesterday with @Breez_Tech CEO Roy we tried paying with LN at some local meat restaurant. In 2021 paying in LN is pretty well understood; they create the invoice, we scan the QR code and voila
2/ As you saw in the video above, the transaction did work. We have the pre-image on his Breez wallet, the money was send to the Chivo lightning wallet.
There is no other way around. Math is math. The issue is that somehow the merchant was never credited.
3/ This has happened to many bitcoiners I spoke to here at #adopt21 and the answer from the shop owner is always the same: "Just call breez wallet customer service for a refund."
The new Bitcoin world my friends. 🤡
4/ Lucky for us, Roy, CEO of breez wallet, was the one paying 🙃
Jokes aside, is it due to a lack of local education that most el salvadorian have no clue what they are doing with Bitcoin. Chivo coin to chivo coin is easy since it’s just a centralized ledger transaction.
5/ But when you add bitcoin in the equation it gets messy.
Anyway I called the Chivo customer support and explained them the issue. Tbh calling a wallet support for a BTC LN transaction is a first time for me. They obviously were clueless and I had to explain them everything.
6/ Then something I never thought possible happened: the shop owner started spelling out the whole pre-image for 2 minutes. This is too much ahaha 🤣.
Spoiler: It's long !
7/ At the end I had to pay in cash, I have a ticket with Chivo customer support for a refund of $14.35 or 22k sat, odds we get those back are pretty low, but if the chivo support team manages to figure it out it will be amazing.
8/ So talking with many bitcoiners the issues seems to be that the POS of Chivo doesn't credit Bitoin payment. Neither on-chain nor Lightning.
If feels like that paying to a Chivo wallet is like making a donation to the gouvernement.
9/ As Bitcoiners, we all know bitcoin isn’t easy and creating a good wallet is hard work. Still some of our core value is transparency and trying to remain compatible between all Bitcoin wallets. And yet Chivo is an absolute black box.
10/ The bitcoin community is always willing to review bugs, help on security standard, offer dev kit such a BDK or LDK and even free open source code ( @GaloyMoney ,@sqcrypto , @Breez_Tech , @BtcpayServer , @MuunWallet ). So why not use it ?
11/ We all want the El Salvador Bitcoin experience to be an insane success. So please #FixChivo@nayibbukele
END. If you are a bitcoiner in El Salvdor and have a story to tell about your Chivo experience, please RT and share it with us.
Let's make El Salvador the best #Bitcoin experience possible. 🔥
VAMOS BITCOIN !
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Pour la seconde édition de @SurfinBitcoin, un parcours éducationnelle de 21 posters pour se plonger dans l’univers du Bitcoin a été créé pour l'occasion!
Vous avez été nombreux à l’apprécier, il est enfin disponible en ligne! Like & RT 👊🙏
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Today I'm recording for my video on Citadel21 where I want to explain to nooby that YES it is possible to be a #Bitcoin only company!
Selling, paying and living in BTC
In the meanwhile I’ve selected for you my favorite quote from each author!! 👊🙌
1/20 👇
2/ Let's start by a warm welcome by our favorite space cat @hodlonaut
“Bitcoin culture is rich and varied. It contains a multitude of voices, opinions and flavors. We have great artists, using their skills and creativity to express the paradigm shifting promise of Bitcoin”
Exited to bring you my first Hardware wallet tutorial on the @Trezor model one!
I’ve divided the tutorial in 3 videos.
-Set up process and private key management
-Wallet use cases ( send, receive, sign)
-Full recovery process
Enjoy Part 1 🔑
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🇫🇷 Le @Trezor model one est l’une des meilleures solution pour le long terme. Sa mise en place prends 10 minutes et est accessible pour tous. Dans cette vidéo on s'attaque à la gestion de clé privé
Un trezor pour stacker des sats ? je dis oui ! (J-9🏄)
🇪🇸 El @Trezor model One es perfecto para tus bitcoin en el largo plazo.
En la video vamos a ver como asegurar la llave privada y tener la billetara lista para recebir tu sats! Espero que se entiene todo ajaja, no era mi mejor dia por el espagnol.