The "bitcoin machine" is something almost everyone already has - a smartphone. You scan a QR code posted at the register and send an amount agreed upon by the shop owner and customer. Failing that, you could use a cold wallet to authorize a transaction on the shop-owner's phone or computer. Bitcoin or any altcoin works the same way. I guess I just don't see this as a technological hurdle like you do.
The small town nearby me still has dialup for the debit machine at the General store. Cell service is spotty, and when the building is metal roof and sides you get barely to no cell signals through. I bought a cell booster for our farmhouse and that alone cost me $700, to use the cell phone for bitcoin transactions in small towns isn’t always feasible.
My own area has very limited and oversold satellite internet for high speed and nothing else available yet. There’s supposed to be new service coming, but it’s been delayed on roll out. Was expected last autumn but here it is nearly spring next year and no arrival date to speak of yet.
You’ve first hand experience with the banks being shady. I’ve firsthand experience with rural technology being behind the times. Having a unified worldwide currency when we don’t have worldwide standard conditions of technology feels like a major hurdle to me when the currency is terribly reliant on technology.
The "bitcoin machine" is something almost everyone already has - a smartphone. You scan a QR code posted at the register and send an amount agreed upon by the shop owner and customer. Failing that, you could use a cold wallet to authorize a transaction on the shop-owner's phone or computer. Bitcoin or any altcoin works the same way. I guess I just don't see this as a technological hurdle like you do.
The small town nearby me still has dialup for the debit machine at the General store. Cell service is spotty, and when the building is metal roof and sides you get barely to no cell signals through. I bought a cell booster for our farmhouse and that alone cost me $700, to use the cell phone for bitcoin transactions in small towns isn’t always feasible. My own area has very limited and oversold satellite internet for high speed and nothing else available yet. There’s supposed to be new service coming, but it’s been delayed on roll out. Was expected last autumn but here it is nearly spring next year and no arrival date to speak of yet. You’ve first hand experience with the banks being shady. I’ve firsthand experience with rural technology being behind the times. Having a unified worldwide currency when we don’t have worldwide standard conditions of technology feels like a major hurdle to me when the currency is terribly reliant on technology.