Las Vegas businesses now take Bitcoin payments. Before you panic about waiting 40 minutes for coffee—relax, they're using Lightning Network.
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Small shops like juice bars and playgrounds switched because Lightning settles instantly (not the 40-minute on-chain nightmare) and costs nearly nothing vs 2-3% credit card fees. Square enabled 4 million US merchants to accept BTC with zero fees through 2026, so this was inevitable.
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Turns out Bitcoin works fine for payments when you don't actually use Bitcoin's main chain. Who knew.