Topic: The bolt driver experience: promoting bitcoin in my business (Read 529 times)
This is a good creative idea, I also take the bolt, and like your passenger said you will be the first I have seen to come up with such an idea of promoting bitcoin and creating more awareness for bitcoin, even with the sticker itself many curious customers will like to ask to know more about it, way to go.
and the OP is driver of bolt not owner of bolt so he have only one car, just the pictures are taken from other areas or downloaded from internet.
nice trick some members of forum are using, no?
Op is surely talking about only one car, Maybe i am a newbie deteve.
OP has well tried to become the smartest.
It's a pity you wasted your time displaying your stupidity to the world. I didn't want to reply you but I just had to.... Too bad for you I took this snapshot of the 2 stickers the night I got them from the printing press, so this is to prove to you that the pics are not some random pictures from the internet as you claimed. Also, I don't own bolt I owned a car that I use for bolt services, so if you have comprehension problem you need to work on that.
My advice... Instead of hating other people's success you should actually wish them well, work hard and your time will come. Peace✌️
I apologize, it's my fault, i was just trying to be a detective, i am very bad detective.
and there are also bitcoin lovers who take the initiative to make bitcoin stickers to stick on the items they have because of their love for bitcoin maybe because it has benefited them, and in my opinion something like that is very cool and one way to introduce bitcoin when someone asks about it .
and the OP is driver of bolt not owner of bolt so he have only one car, just the pictures are taken from other areas or downloaded from internet.
nice trick some members of forum are using, no?
Op is surely talking about only one car, Maybe i am a newbie deteve.
OP has well tried to become the smartest.
It's a pity you wasted your time displaying your stupidity to the world. I didn't want to reply you but I just had to.... Too bad for you I took this snapshot of the 2 stickers the night I got them from the printing press, so this is to prove to you that the pics are not some random pictures from the internet as you claimed. Also, I don't own bolt I owned a car that I use for bolt services, so if you have comprehension problem you need to work on that.
My advice... Instead of hating other people's success you should actually wish them well, work hard and your time will come. Peace✌️
I apologize, it's my fault, i was just trying to be a detective, i am very bad detective.
and the OP is driver of bolt not owner of bolt so he have only one car, just the pictures are taken from other areas or downloaded from internet.
nice trick some members of forum are using, no?
Op is surely talking about only one car, Maybe i am a newbie deteve.
OP has well tried to become the smartest.
It's a pity you wasted your time displaying your stupidity to the world. I didn't want to reply you but I just had to.... Too bad for you I took this snapshot of the 2 stickers the night I got them from the printing press, so this is to prove to you that the pics are not some random pictures from the internet as you claimed. Also, I don't own bolt I owned a car that I use for bolt services, so if you have comprehension problem you need to work on that.
My advice... Instead of hating other people's success you should actually wish them well, work hard and your time will come. Peace✌️
Don't get me wrong here, just trying to become a detective,
are you not trying to become smart, to get merits OP? (may, i trying to become smart)
you said i have a car, in which you sticked the stickers , but in images you shared 3 different cars with different stickers.
Lol if you are trying to become a detective then you should try it right.
here your sticker says: "pay your ride in bitcoin"
IMG: https://ibb.co/0cF3Ks3
IMG: https://ibb.co/0cF3Ks3
This one is on the back part of the car
here your sticker says : "make your payments in bitcoin"
IMG: https://ibb.co/Dkn2LRr
IMG: https://ibb.co/Dkn2LRr
While this one is on the top right part of the front of the car
here your sticker says : " "
IMG: https://ibb.co/k8bLTP5
IMG: https://ibb.co/k8bLTP5
If you look closely you can see the mark of the sticker inside the square mark part that I draw on the car
and the OP is driver of bolt not owner of bolt so he have only one car, just the pictures are taken from other areas or downloaded from internet.
nice trick some members of forum are using, no?
Op is surely talking about only one car ,
nice trick some members of forum are using, no?
Op is surely talking about only one car ,
doesn't he say it in the title? "The bolt driver experience: promoting bitcoin in my business". His business is being a bolt driver and that's it.
Maybe i am a newbie detective.(forgive me if this is mistake)
OP has well tried to become the smartest.
OP has well tried to become the smartest.
It is obvious that @OP is posting his experience to get merit just like most of the topics created with the same theme as intended. So I do not think there is a need to emphasize the merit farm thing, almost every member is well aware of it but some member feel that this thread deserve some merit so some member throws some.
Hello guys! I felt I should share my little success with you in receiving my first bitcoin payment in my business. Well... I have a car which I used for Bolt (Taxify) as my side hustle whenever am free from my work. I've stumbled on a couple of topics of some members on this forum promoting mass adoption of bitcoin by accepting it in their businesses. Since then I've been nursing this idea and at the same time I've been having cold feet. I accept payment for my services in fiat currency or bank transfer, but with the naira redesign in my country, the new notes have really not circulated everywhere and it's been making life a living hell for a lot persons. So I said to myself this is the right time to add another means of payment to my business.
I got some bitcoin stickers and for my car and It's been about two weeks since I displayed it and no one has patronize me in bitcoin. Though, some of my passengers see it and engage me in one or two conversation. Today, I carried a passenger and when he saw the stickers and was like do you accept bitcoin and I said yes and he said do you know you are the first bolt driver I have actually seen accepting bitcoin and I smiled. He asked me if I have actually received any payment in bitcoin and I answered not yet, and he said I will be your first customer to pay you in bitcoin. We talked a lot during the trip and our discussion was mainly centered on cryptocurrency, mass adoption, crypto ban in the country. At the end of the trip, he paid me in bitcoin with additional tip and I felt really happy about it. I know this is little but I hope it would help to promote mass adoption of bitcoin in my locality, the nation and passes a message to people out there that bitcoin is here to stay and all we can do is to embrace it and be part of history.
Don't get me wrong here, just trying to become a detective,
are you not trying to become smart, to get merits OP? (may, i trying to become smart)
you said i have a car, in which you sticked the stickers , but in images you shared 3 different cars with different stickers.
here your sticker says: "pay your ride in bitcoin"
IMG: https://ibb.co/0cF3Ks3
here your sticker says : "make your payments in bitcoin"
IMG: https://ibb.co/Dkn2LRr
here your sticker says : " "
IMG: https://ibb.co/k8bLTP5
and the OP is driver of bolt not owner of bolt so he have only one car, just the pictures are taken from other areas or downloaded from internet.
nice trick some members of forum are using, no?
Op is surely talking about only one car ,
Maybe i am a newbie detective.(forgive me if this is mistake)
OP has well tried to become the smartest.
There are many ways to promote Bitcoin. In this case, both openly and secretly because it is related to the legality of Bitcoin in that country. Not only that, people's views on Bitcoin may also have an effect. I applaud the OP for boldly introducing Bitcoin in the way he can and it may very well be effective. He could have at least introduced her to his passengers or whoever he was parking somewhere. Maybe there are some of them who don't care or don't focus on seeing it, but of course there are also those who get distracted and start asking what it is about. And indeed we can do it in everyday life in ways that we can, according to our environment and activities.
Op you have done well for making things easy for passengers. But from my last sale of bitcoin on p2p, I discovered that the period ( seconds, minutes and hours) of the transaction was up to 1 hour and now if you passenger want to drop in a short distance driving and the person send bitcoin within 30 minutes and the person is to drop with for 10 minutes driving, what will you do? Because you don't know what fee rate the person will select to do the transfer and if it is 1.4 fee rate then it will be 25 blocks and these block will take about 30+ minutes to verify the transaction to the receiver's address. So I don't know which parameter you are using to calculate your transaction with the time frame.
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I got some bitcoin stickers and for my car and It's been about two weeks since I displayed it and no one has patronize me in bitcoin. Though, some of my passengers see it and engage me in one or two conversation. Today, I carried a passenger and when he saw the stickers and was like do you accept bitcoin and I said yes and he said do you know you are the first bolt driver I have actually seen accepting bitcoin and I smiled. He asked me if I have actually received any payment in bitcoin and I answered not yet, and he said I will be your first customer to pay you in bitcoin. We talked a lot during the trip and our discussion was mainly centered on cryptocurrency, mass adoption, crypto ban in the country. At the end of the trip, he paid me in bitcoin with additional tip and I felt really happy about it. I know this is little but I hope it would help to promote mass adoption of bitcoin in my locality, the nation and passes a message to people out there that bitcoin is here to stay and all we can do is to embrace it and be part of history.
Great work and congratulations on your first BTC payment.
I truely believe that these tiny steps are ultimately what will bring real / mass adoption to Bitcoin. It's something that is still spreading slowly, but there will be some waves of wider adoption, depending on situations like describe in your post (in this case getting hold of the new fiat notes). So great work and well earned merit from my side.
Naira redesign? Governments are not supposed to withdraw the old notes until almost everybody is using the new ones. And whatever happened to their CDBC? Does nobody really want to use it (as I had anticipated in another post)?
Nigerians have not welcomed the e-Naira with open arms, the acceptance has been really poor. https://cryptoslate.com/nigerias-cbdc-program-called-a-very-dark-experiment/
I was always under the impression that these taxi services worked through an intermediary third party service that accept the payment on the drivers behalf and then they take a fee and pay over the rest to the taxi driver???
On the contrary, bolt drivers accept the fees and pay commission to bolt.Do you ask for payment in advance or after you driven the customer to his or her destination?
Payment is made at the end of every trip. 
I take Bolt and Uber rides all the time I wonder why this option hasn't been added this as a payment option for riders who are strong supporters of bitcoin. I guess it may be a hassle for the drivers who may not be knowledgeable about bitcoin.
Still, this is a good bitcoin promotion. Hey OP, what are some questions that your riders have asked and what other ideas do you have of promoting bitcoin while on a ride?
Still, this is a good bitcoin promotion. Hey OP, what are some questions that your riders have asked and what other ideas do you have of promoting bitcoin while on a ride?
I felt I should share my little success with you in receiving my first bitcoin payment in my business. Well... I have a car which I used for Bolt (Taxify) as my side hustle whenever am free from my work. I've stumbled on a couple of topics of some members on this forum promoting mass adoption of bitcoin by accepting it in their businesses. Since then I've been nursing this idea and at the same time I've been having cold feet.
I think these "small" steps are the reason why bitcoin will grow a lot in the future. This allows each and every person that takes that taxi to see it, now imagine if there were 10 more like this tomorrow, and they all started to get paid in bitcoin here and there, others will want a piece of that and another 10 will come out and then hundreds there, then in other nations, and this all started with just one guy putting some stickers on their car.And this is just one business, imagine doing it for all the companies that owned by people who are interested in crypto, anyone who invests in crypto should also accept crypto payments to increase the adoption if possible.
I thought I will invest some money in bitcoin every week. And besides bitcoin I want to waste some money in gambling. I don't know if the money I invest in bitcoin now will be good for me. And I don't know if I bet that week. Losing money will cause me a lot of trouble in the future. So I thought I'd invest in Bitcoin without wasting my money.
I was always under the impression that these taxi services worked through an intermediary third party service that accept the payment on the drivers behalf and then they take a fee and pay over the rest to the taxi driver. 
In any way, I am happy that this worked out for you.... so can you tell us, how long did it take for the confirmation of the transaction on the Blockchain? Do you ask for payment in advance or after you driven the customer to his or her destination?
In any way, I am happy that this worked out for you.... so can you tell us, how long did it take for the confirmation of the transaction on the Blockchain? Do you ask for payment in advance or after you driven the customer to his or her destination?
Naira redesign? Governments are not supposed to withdraw the old notes until almost everybody is using the new ones. And whatever happened to their CDBC? Does nobody really want to use it (as I had anticipated in another post)?
OP has taken a very nice step. Your steps will make Bitcoin more popular to the world, to the nation. Not everyone can take such steps. At first you don't get any call from people but gradually you are going to get call. Your thoughts will really change you a day. I would personally suggest you to keep the bitcoins earned from here as investments. Since this is your retirement income, you can keep it as an investment. Second, is Bitcoin legal in your country, if not, be careful. If not, you may get into administrative trouble.
I like this idea. BUT I would offer 3 coin choice.
BTC
LTC
DOGE
They are the top three coins for mining which I favor over POS coins.
You could engage in mining conversations about the coins if they ask why just those coins.
It is a more rounded point of payment than just BTC
It will be a good option so there will be no more questions about why only bitcoin is chosen for crypto payments.
DOGE is also Papa Elon's favorite coin which continues to be showcased on his Twitter and just like Bitcoin which still uses the POW network so it is truly decentralized.
Your car looks good dude, i hope you are not going to run into any trouble with your local authorities because you now accept BTC, if you are not sure, make sure to confirm before you continue, so you won't be arrested or charged for doing this. Your idea is a very good one, though like you said, you may not have too many customers that will want to pay you with BTC, but it doesn't affect your advertisement or what you are doing in any way though. Crypto payment may become popular in your local area in the long run, and then you would be happy to be one of the pioneers, so don't stop with your idea.
Nice one Op, I have been using bolt for quite sometime now and I must say this is just top of the notch. I'm simply mesmerized by your initiative. There's this feeling I get whenever I see people promoting Bitcoin trying to get others to be aware of it. Out of the hundreds of people you're going to drive to their destination one or more of them are going to pick interest and further learn more about Bitcoin and also you should try as much as possible to start a conversation that will lead to you all discussing about Bitcoin that way you'll get a chance to tell more about what Bitcoin is and if possible tell them to register an account here on bitcointalk if they want a forum that can provide them with solutions Incase they face any during their journey in learning more about Bitcoin.
Btw, that's a cool car you've got there.
Btw, that's a cool car you've got there.
When it comes to promoting bitcoin, I simply can't keep doing it. Every time I go on air while working, I always talk about bitcoin and am always telling people to hold and don't sell, I make it look very interesting, before starting the program for the day. This is very strategic way of promotion, because the issue that is currently facing Nigeria is a challenge for everyone, good job op.
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