That's true. I think the dynamics vary by country. For people in the UK it can be more of a hobby, but there is the potential for big earnings. I just want to encourage community growth and activity. It's fun for me too.
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I'd love to find a way to really boost the number of UK Hivers !
I keep having the mad idea that we need to emulate the guys over in Sucre. To me, getting a bunch of businesses in a local area onboard seems like a good way to go, although finding the right location and giving it enough long term support (both to businesses and customers who come onboard) to build momentum would be the hard part.
@thedistriator has been doing quite a bit of work on HBD retail payment and cashback solutions, which might be part of the solution.
I think there are issues for businesses wanting to take crypto as it complicates their accounts. I would use it more if I could.
It can add a little bit of extra accounting work, but not too much if you set it up right. Depending on your software, you can either treat it like any other foreign currency transaction, or make it like a bank account and then revalue it to Sterling when you convert from crypto.
The bigger issues I have are a customer base that are resistant to crypto (no matter how much I'd love to take it !) plus the lack of any crypto plugins for WooCommerce that let me choose HBD and/or HIVE as an option alongside more widely known things like BTC and ETH.
I am not sure if they can use HBD as an acceptance of payment especially with the MiCA regulations HBD would definitely not be allowed. I know MiCA is EU however, but I am sure the UK will take it's lead from them on this.
I haven't read the MiCA regulations in detail (as you say, it's an EU thing rather than a UK one). It's likely that we'll have the same issue as with GPSR's however, which effectively ban UK e-commerce businesses from selling products manufactured outside the EU to Northern Ireland from 13th December this year (which will also ban the sale of most UK-made products other from the most massive manufacturers that can afford to have an EU premises and staff as well as a UK one).
But the advantage of having a totally new government is that it'll probably take them a year or two to find their feet and reverse everything they can of what the Tories did, or re-write what's in progress to match their ideology, before they have the capacity to start dealing with completely new things.
I think this is why they would just follow MiCA'S regulations instead of formulating their own and use the basics with a few add ons for the UK. There is only a few stablecoins that will be allowed and places like Binance have already agreed they will have to keep them separate so as they are not available for the EU users.
I would argue that they are not going to stop people using a non KYC stable coin that is spent at legitimate businesses with tax numbers.
It is perfect for demonstrating that no money laundering is going on if it is spent for normal purchases on chain at legit, whitelisted businesses that are already registered with the local government anyway.
Soon, there will be a pool that you pay into, from an anon account if you wish, and the payments you make to legitimate whitelisted businesses will be paid from that pool, thus anonymizing your payments, but also provably showing that your payments were made to legitimate businesses for legitimate purchases.
It satisfies both the govt and the pro anon users!
Is there a Marmite vendor that ships to the USA?
Why not try it in the UK, flyer for a workshop every tuesday at a place near you, then explain how people can monetize for spending using #spendhbd and distriator.com
All necessary materials for a workshop are here: https://hive.blog/hive-106130/@thedistriator/distriator-or-steps-to-run-a-successful-spendhbd-workshop
All steps to onboard a business are here: https://hive.blog/hive-106130/@thedistriator/introducing-businesses-to-distriator-a-step-by-step-guide
Every time you onboard a person and they make a claim, you get some commissions
Every time you onboard a business and a claim is made there you get some commissions for that too!