Does anyone run a small business and accept payment is cryptocurrency?

What's the best system you've found for running both online and in person transactions?

Will this momentum carry us higher into the weekend?

I entered into blockchain for the disruptive and innovative technology. Watching it grow over the year has been a blast for me as well as other supporters, I'm sure.

But what I learned over the years that very good chunk of people have no clue about Bitcoin and the blockchain technology behind it. They are here because of the profits and money grab. You cannot really call them supporters or adopters because at the first sign of profit trouble, they are out. IF they can't make any money, it's bye-bye for them.

I've talked to a lot of people, some really interested in the tech and some not at all and this is what makes me sad every time I think about it.

People don't understand the technology, they don't want to understand it and they don't care about it, only thing they care about is money. They heard it's good money to be made there.
When you listen to them talk, you instantly realize that they have no idea what they are talking about, nothing makes sense and they are just trying to sell you something they themselves don't understand. When you challenge them on the subject they avoid it with more nonsense or try to intimidate you by raising their voice.

There are of course people who deeply understand the technology and are very involved, which is a breath of fresh air, but every so often you stumble upon the other kind.

I can understand people looking to make a quick buck and then getting hooked up, but to never trying to understand the technology or even care about it seem like a bad news for blockchain/crypto

Just look at some scam coins like OneCoin and Bitconnect. They grabbed their money, and now they are gone, dropped from the face of the earth.
Ian Balina, withdrew his BTC in 2018 and you don't hear from him ever.
John Mcafee, where is he now? He shilled crypto so hard few years ago and now you don't hear about him.
and many many more.....

One time I got connected with a person who was a friend of a friend, interested in doing business together, rich and influential but had no knowledge of blockchain. The first thing he asked me was "is this a scam or a pyramid scheme?"... even before I could say anything.
That was his perception of Bitcoin, blockchain and crypto.

These types of people make the industry and technology look bad altogether.
However, bad marketing is marketing also. At least people hear about Bitcoin and blockchain.

But...

Is this how adoption takes place? Bunch of people who are in it for the money and scram at the first sign of trouble?

CHAINLINK (LINK) broke its previous All-Time-High price ($19) today reaching $22.8.
Link marines have been waiting for this moment for a long time as the price has been hovering around $10-$12 for a long time.
Now that Chainlink (LINK) reached a new All-Time-High price we might probably be expecting the price to go higher.
Why not $50? Long way to go but not impossible though.

Don't lose your wallet password! It's happened before. https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Lost-Passwords-Lock-Millionaires-Out-of-Their-15864082.php

Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, traded more than $566 million worth of bitcoin between 2015 and 2020, making it the world’s second-largest peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin market after the U.S., which traded $3.75 billion in the period under review.

According to an analysis of bitcoin trading platform Paxful’s database shared with news.Bitcoin.com, Nigeria has traded the equivalent of 60,215.7 BTC – more than any other country in the world. Only the U.S. exchanged more bitcoin – 535,660.3 BTC.

With trades of $55.3 million or 5,894.8 BTC, Kenya comes on as the world’s eighth most active bitcoin market and Africa’s second-biggest. South Africa traded $18.9 million bitcoin’s worth, making it the tenth biggest trader in the world and third in Africa.

Paxful chief executive officer and co-founder Ray Yussef said cross-border liquidity challenges spurred Nigeria’s BTC success: “Africa’s largest economy has problems and restrictions in sending and receiving money from inside and outside its borders.” He added that his organization’s gift cards have contributed to improving bitcoin liquidity.

https://news.bitcoin.com/nigeria-is-worlds-second-biggest-p2p-bitcoin-market-trades-top-566-million-in-five-years/

8 days ago, Bitcoin broke the 13000 $ mark.
Today, it broke 14000.

In less than 10 days span Bitcoin grew by 7%.

It's currently on a downward trend due to short sellers and money grabbers, but the general curve is going up.

Feeling really positive about this.

Good for crypto miners

https://www.eteknix.com/amd-working-on-cryptocurrency-specific-gpu/