Funny story I promised — the scholarship fund burger 🍔🎓⚡
Bitcoin transactions are irreversible. 🔒
Good thing bitcoiners are good, honest people. 🧡
Yesterday at Isla Burger, I ordered a burger patty with guacamole 🥑🍔. I helped the waitress create the invoice—the total came out to 242 MXN 💵🇲🇽.
We typed 2-4-2 into the Bitcoin terminal ⌨️⚡.
I scanned the QR code 📱.
The payment went through ✅.
I grabbed my food and left 🚶♀️.
The next morning 🌅, we went to Isla Bistro 🍽️. When we asked to pay in bitcoin ⚡, the owner came over to help us. He mentioned we should check out his other restaurant—Isla Burger—and we told him we’d been there the day before and loved it 😍.
Then something clicked. 💡
He pulled up a chair at our table 🪑 and asked me to double-check the payment I’d made the day before. My stomach dropped 😬—I thought maybe the transaction hadn’t gone through.
Instead, I realized the only transaction from the day prior was 243,000 satoshis 😳
That’s about $240 USD 💸—nearly 18× the cost of my burger.
I explained my confusion, and he smiled 😊.
“That’s right,” he said. “When you entered 242, it defaulted to dollars, not pesos.” 🇺🇸➡️🇲🇽
He immediately asked me to create an invoice for the difference so he could reimburse me 💛—and he did 🙏.
Even if he hadn’t been open to correcting it, I would have slept just fine that night 😌.
As we sorted out both the reimbursement and the payment for the meal I had just eaten, Gustavo shared why he accepts bitcoin ⚡.
He’s 45 and recently became a father 👶.
His son, Pablo, is seven months old 🍼.
Gustavo’s vision is to save every bitcoin payment from his two restaurants and condos as a long-term college fund for Pablito 🎓📚🟠.
I got to meet his wife, Diana, and their baby that day 🤍.
That moment really clicked for me.
This is why Bitcoin circular economies matter 🌍🔁.
Bitcoin isn’t just technology or an investment 💻📈.
It’s a means of exchange that creates real, visible hope—helping families build toward their children’s future ✨🧡.
In the process of onboarding Gustavo to nostr as well. Will keep this thread updated if he makes an account so we can welcome him!
#fixthemoney #fixtheworld
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