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2025-03-22 20:44:19

SB on Nostr: Day 1 in Lugano. European Bitcoin merchant density capital. Must confess, found it ...

Day 1 in Lugano. European Bitcoin merchant density capital. Must confess, found it hard to consent to dropping hard earned sats here. Feels far from a grassroots Bitcoin movement unfortunately.

It's quite clearly a home-turf corporate Tether-led status driven POS distribution project with Lightning a little down the menu. Good on 'em but doesn't really resonate with my interest in FU Freedom Money.

The Lightning confirmation time with Tether funded POS terminals here is surprisingly slow, close to a minute from Phoenix despite instant confirmation in app. How have they fucked that up so much?

Main issue for spending is value though. Switzerland unfortunately seems critically overpriced. To compensate couldn't help but stack 10K the sats I'd spend today. This is my protest.

Watched a few YT Swiss history/mentality/money-glitch videos this evening in an attempt to try and understand the national psyche. Three weeks military service is obligatory for service aged Swiss men. After the US, the Swiss have the second highest gun ownership per capita. Despite not experiencing armed conflict in 210 years they've guns aimed at bordering countries at all times and can mobilise 150K soldiers within 24hrs. Fascinating.

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