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Bitcoin can reach a million merchants. Why aren’t people spending it?
Bitcoin payments have reached more than a million U.S. sellers through Square, yet the group behind much of the network’s payment software says everyday spending remains scarce. Spiral’s October 27 report is an unusually frank assessment from a Block-backed developer: seven years of easier Lightning tools have expanded the places Bitcoin could be used without giving most holders a reason to use it there. The contrast is visible at the register. A seller can display a Bitcoin option and still take no Bitcoin payments all day. A customer who acquired the coin as a long-term holding may see little reason to spend it on lunch when a card draws dollars from an account already used for expenses.
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Jack Dorsey’s Spiral warns Bitcoin is losing the payments race to stablecoins
crypto.newsBTC $80,874 when published
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Quantum fears already limiting Bitcoin’s growth, Stacks founder says
CointelegraphBTC $80,707 when published
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Lightning tightens invoice rules after reported attack made Bitcoin withdrawals look unpaid
CryptoSlateBTC $80,509 when published
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Lightning Labs opens Wavelength for AI bitcoin payments on mainnet
crypto.newsBTC $80,434 when published
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Spiral asks for moonshot ideas to push Bitcoin payments forward
Crypto BriefingBTC $80,009 when published
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Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Praised by Billionaire Tim Draper
U.TodayBTC $79,859 when published
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Bitcoin Core fast-tracks security fixes as 44% of sampled nodes run unsupported versions
InsideBitcoins+1 outletBTC $80,553 when published
