my first bitcoin transaction w a friend

SoCal Hive had a meetup and we took some liberty in enjoying the occasion to meet during lockdown. I’ve meant to write of it but I’ve been suffering from lockdown brain. Days melting into weeks and weeks melting into months. Our meetup was last December and this write up is long overdue.

Here’s a couple of my favorite steemit-hive people, @derekrichardson and @brian.rrr who kindly met up at my favorite place, Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake. There was no indoor or outdoor dining but there was car hop service. We decided to be wild and all hop in my car. We had burgers and shared what our respective year of covid lives was like. D was enjoying being D, traveling, hiking, and panning for gold. B was enjoying his family. And me? I was sheltering solo on beast mode, staying home most of the time teaching online and occasionally going out to check out a rally or protest. It was great to breakout of our bubble worlds and share some time together. We caught up with Steemit and Hive news; talked crypto, politics, and life. My favorite part was making my first crypto transaction with a friend.

JNET: “Reimburse the burger in bitcoin and you don’t have to pay the full amount. Just show me how.”

D showed how easy it was to pay and receive bitcoin. I celebrated the milestone on social media.

Bitcoin was trading around $19k in December. It’s extra nice to look at how that burger has blossomed. Oooh la la.

Wow!

I’m so grateful to have my steemit/hive friends opening such a world to me that I don’t enjoy with normies. People still laugh or ask, “What’s bitcoin?” when I tell them they can pay for their piano lesson in crypto. B says he will pay me in bitcoin when his kids are old enough to start lessons.

We had a great time. I hope we meetup again soon. I wonder if there is a ton of new people checking out social media on the blockchain. Bitcoin is making the news on a daily basis since it hit $50k. Maybe this is the year crypto finds wings? Are there more people signing onto Steemit, Hive, and what is Blurt? I have some catching up to do.

We’ve been in lockdown for almost a year. Here’s to hoping that we all can soon enjoy the warm weather meeting with friends freely and businesses opening up.

JNET