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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @ElFreedomFairy OP 9h \ parent \ on: I’m El, founder of Women in Bitcoin Sydney, and political content creator. AMA! AMA
There are a small number of coffee shops/restaurants that will accept BTC, but wider adoption and mainstream acceptance is a slow process.
I met another bitcoiner who runs a cafe that offers discounts for purchases in Bitcoin, but he suggested that he had difficulty in convincing people to choose BTC even when he offered large (50%) discounts.
I think Australians are relatively cautious and many are not ready for the Orange pill.
I’m not so surprised to hear that Queenstown in BTC friendly - I may have to make another trip there soon 😼
It is much the same here in NZ with the exception of Queenstown where lightningpay.nz are onboarding dozens of local businesses.
On the whole most NZers remain skeptical of Bitcoin and if they do use it it is not as a MoE...but as a speculative commodity. Hopefully this will change over time.
The way I see it both NZ and Aus are to a large extent monetarily and militarily subservient to the USA and our politics are equally subservient to US bankers and politics.
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Agreed. Though, I do see some political change that doesn’t reflect entire similarity to the US which, even if I don’t like it, shows to me we can think for ourselves to a certain extent.
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