Honk if you love Bitcoin! Lightning takes the wheel of a European rally car adventure
A Bitcoin-mobile (BTC) piloted by the “Bitcoin Ambassadors” team is competing in the 8,000-kilometer Baltic Sea Circle Rally race, orange-pilling competitors and campsites along the way.
Two Bitcoin advocates, Cercatrova, the democratically elected president of German-speaking Bitcoin community Einundzwanzig, and his copilot Daktari, set off on the orange-pilling adventure this week, attempting to pass through 9 Northern European countries, aiming to spread BTC adoption in their Bitcoin-branded car.
Speaking to Cointelegraph from somewhere above the Arctic Circle, Cercatrova explained:
The goal is to “Bring Bitcoin to the people,” while also raise money for two sources, a Panamanian coffee farmer and an El Salvadoran peer2peer ride sharing app developed on lightning. Naturally, they’ve been “orange pilling” or introducing people to Bitcoin along the journey.
Christian, founder of Seedor, a metal Bitcoin backup based in Germany who’s avidly following their journey told Cointelegraph that while in Norway “They orange pilled the campground." The duo showed the campground owner how to pay in Bitcoin:
Orange pilling the campground owner in Norway If you take your time, listen and explain to people, they will understand we could pay our place here in #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/OReIxQKHuA
Cercatrova told Cointelegraph that so far they have discussed Bitcoin with at least 30 people as part of the rally as well as chance conversations with interested observers. Plus, passersby and overtakers can scan the QR code on the side of the car to receive free Satoshis, or small amounts of Bitcoin, to get started on their Bitcoin journey.
The car is also equipped with a candy machine that accepts Bitcoin, so noobies can spend their brand new
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