Confession: I never actually used Bitcoin. No more excuses. It's time. It's ready.

Confession: Holder since 2013 here. I rarely actually used Bitcoin. The privacy and security challenges associated with a hot wallet, the on chain fees and time, the convenience, it never made sense to me for small purchases.

If I rounded, I did an average of 0 bitcoin transactions per month for the last 8 years.

But the last 2 months? That's changed. I've lost track of the sub $50 transactions I've made because of lightening.

Lightening is here. And it has changed the game. It gives me chills. Remember the meme "when you are ready, you won't have to sell"? We made it boys. The year was 2021 when that happened.

This post is a call to action for others who might be like me.

Step 1 - download or find a user friendly wallet like wallet of satoshi. There are basically two types. Custodial ones that handle channels for you, non-custodial ones where you have to figure it out. Custodial wallets offer an AMAZING UX.

Step 2 - send some spending money such as 0.0003 to 0.003 BTC to your new wallet via http://boltz.exchange

Step 3 - keep that BTC lightening-hot on your phone ready to go to pay a merchant. Try it out on stacker.news or foldapp.com or tallyco.in or whatever else people post in the comments

Step 4 - get an email address from coins.io, to give to others to receive LN from friends

Step 5 - show your friends. Give them 1000 sats to try it out.

Tl;Dr start using BTC. There are no more excuses.