Moneybadger
summary
A startup called Moneybadger builds merchant Bitcoin payments using Lightning and Lightning addresses, integrates with Zapper, Blink and wallets like Zeus and Aqua, and reports 650,000+ stores activated (headline figure) while seeing only slow growth in transactions and value. Proofs of concept with Pick n Pay and Bitex/Luno integrations work technically; a micro-retail video shows people buying single items with Bitcoin. The team warns reliance on regulated rails and highlights Lightning invoices via lightning addresses and a Moneybadger merchant scanner as the concrete tools to drive grassroots earning and spending.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:31Sci-fi to Bitcoin reality
- 6:43Early Bitcoin adoption
- 9:15Moneybadger's birth
- 13:28Bitcoin spending challenges
- 17:23Stablecoins and Bitcoin payments
- 19:11Sustainability and self-custody
- 21:20Expanding merchant services
- 22:22Long-term vision
- 23:25Fiat fragility and closing thoughts
