Check out Hidden Repression by Alex Gladstein. It’s a pretty concise explanation of how predatory lending by the IMF has consistently kept extremely corrupt dictators in charge of a large swath of the continent. Confessions of an Economic Hitman is also a good, easy intro into this.

That video game machine you see in the clips was constructed from a kit by one of the kids in the program. We were trying to integrate Boltcard payments in it with help from someone in Jamaica, who obviously now has more important stuff on his plate. If anyone here is a Boltcard/arduino/nfc expert, that’s one of the projects they’re really excited to finish.

So this is where my problem may be. I didn't get a physical device. I've just been taking payments online. I'm also just using their free service. Maybe you can only accept bitcoin payments with their actual POS device? So I've basically done the first half of this video.

This place is really popular with the bitcoiners in Plettenberg Bay. They accept bitcoin and are a very pro-bitcoin business. I wasn't thrilled about eating at a place called slops, but they told me that in South Africa, slops is a slang term for sandals.

Yup. I had already done all of that. It even says that I'm all setup. Still, there's no way to pay in bitcoin anywhere in any of my payment links.

So this might be my problem. I actually don’t have any of their hardware. I’ve only used the service to send invoices for CC payments but saw that you can make a payment link and thought that I’d be able to accept bitcoin that way.

So are you planing on upgrading your hardware? Sounds like it’s a more integral part of your business.

Oh hey! I love what you do, by the way. We used your postcard service a bit when we were overseas earlier this year. I gotta remember to do it now with our friends back there!

But that’s me! Haha

Specifically, I'm asking why no bitcoin payment option shows up here. Does anyone know? Is it maybe only with their hardware options that people can pay in bitcoin?

Thanks! Unfortunately, I've already got that part up and running. My question is, how do I get my point of sale to accept bitcoin so people can pay with it?

I’m still wringing my hands about what to do next on that front. Most of my energy since I’ve been back has been making sure all my holiday gigs are in order/ keep the lights on type stuff and trying to figure out if it’s realistic for us to get back over there in the new year.

I guess that would be an obvious practical step to the end of another trip, but we’re also really thinking through kids stuff and who we’d be beholden to if we were to do a crowd funding type thing.

The last coaster goes to https://bitcoindeaths.com, and NOT bitcoindeath.com

Whoops! That's a typo in the post. The QRs correctly go to bitcoindeaths.com with an s.

Yup, I've already open sourced this idea, and am helping some folks overseas make it into a business, but am hoping to start making a bit of a side hustle myself. You looking for anything in particular? I'll probably charge a little extra for bespoke stuff, but not too much.

Hmmm, I’ll look into it asap.

Oh no! That should have worked. Does it work with other sites?

Normally I’d say that I needed something up, but I’m definitely seeing some folks get payments through at this point.

Yeah, I’ll try to update that soon. I made this game specifically to impress a particular company that uses that tech, but it seems like it may have more universal appeal if we go that route. I’ll keep you posted when I can add a QR payment.

Thanks so much! Yeah, it’s really specifically trying to summarize my time overseas the past few months that’s hanging me up. I love writing, and while I love listening to podcasts, I’m not sure that’s exactly my style. But thanks again! I’m definitely going to keep posting on stacker news, even if I wait a little bit before dipping back into lore serious topics.

You need a browser extension wallet. You can use GetAlby, open in the Fedi app, or something like that, but it’s gotta be webln compatible.