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Written by Pleb @BTCRetriever
Empowering local small businesses with the hardest money mankind knows has never been easier. The team and developers at Pleb Lab prove that Austin, Texas, is ground zero for a bitcoinized US economy. With the seamless experience of the Oshi app, paying with Bitcoin is easier than ever.
In just a few weeks, the folks at Pleb Lab powered by Oshi have taken on board 16 local restaurants, food trucks, and bars, including the Austin favorite III Forks Steakhouse and a top-notch bar, The Tipsy Alchemist. It spread like wildfire. These efforts sparked the introduction of Bitcoin, which is sure to set the city on fire. It all started on South Rainey Street when Monks Momo was onboarded into the Oshi app. It culminated in a block party of epic proportions.
The night began like any other Austin Bitcoin Club meeting, a gathering of plebs at downtown Austin’s startup incubator, the Capital Factory. Kyle Murphy waved his Bitcoin flag and led the attack with a roughly 150-man march from the north end of Congress Avenue, just outside the Capitol, to Rainey Street. The energy of the night was charged with the appearance of notable Bitcoin faces like Parker Lewis, Marty Bent, Ben Carman and even a few candidates for public office in Texas.
I arrived just after 8:30 p.m. and was stunned to see the massive involvement of the local plebs as well as many others from the state. There were people from California, Colorado, Florida, and New York, and probably many other places. I made my way to the end of the crowd to the Happy Lobster Food Truck where the owner was having a lot of fun handing out lobster sandwiches to order. The ordering experience couldn’t have been easier: the cheerful lobster, regular, Maine lobster, drizzled with butter, on a fresh, toasted burger bun with a side of french fries was the obvious choice as it sounded and looked tasty and a giveaway of 50. offered% discount or 50% discount. I of course opted for the rear seat option.
I placed the order in the Oshi app and received a Lightning invoice that I copied and pasted into my Muun wallet app. And just like that, I paid and got my sats back immediately in the Oshi app. I went to the counter, flashed my order QR code and told the owner that I had prepaid on the app. A quick scan and my name was enough to start the order. I asked the owner how he liked the experience and he couldn’t have been more impressed with how simple it all was.
As we chatted with new friends and networked through the crowd of people happily eating at the epicenter of the events, the crowd began to break up over time. The plebs went to other stores on Rainey Street and were ready to spend a few hours. I made my way to Tipsy Alchemist for the afterparty.
It was amazing to see groups of Bitcoiners enjoying their beers and cocktails ordered through the Oshi app. They were then delivered by the tipsy alchemist waitresses. The process seemed to be going smoothly. I asked one of the waitresses if she thought this was funny. It was clearly not a bitcoiner, at least it wasn’t at the time. She said, “Yeah, it’s a little strange,” but the plebs exuded confidence and realized that there might be more to this magical internet money than it might seem.
The night’s success was captured by CNBC and some plebs who worked hard to create some beautiful new Bitcoin documentaries. Based on the metrics observed on Oshi, the evening’s total flow likely saw more than 500 people in attendance, with 398 active new users that evening alone, and 4.3 million sats rewarded. The night will be remembered as the Genesis event for the launch of Bitcoin in Austin, Texas. From here on it’s only parabolic.
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