Le Bon Vieux Temps 🍸 in Montreal’s Latin Quarter is now accepting Bitcoin ⚡
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Leveraging @BullBitcoin_ wallet and @BtcpayServer + @Liquid_BTC + @Boltzhq under the hood.
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Are you a merchant in Montreal?
If so, you'll love the easy to integrate Bitcoin Point-of-Sale system designed for merchants who want to accept Bitcoin payments directly created by @EclairBTC
Connect with them today https://t.co/gdbRGke5D8 We love what they're doing to grow merchant adoption in #Montreal!
Le Bon Vieux Temps 🍸 in Montreal’s Latin Quarter is now accepting Bitcoin ⚡
Powered by EclairBTC:
• No KYC
• No custodians
• Direct-to-wallet payments
Leveraging @BullBitcoin_ wallet and @BtcpayServer + @Liquid_BTC + @Boltzhq under the hood.
Go grab a drink and pay in Bitcoin 👇
https://t.co/SZbzbmceA8
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Venice built the greatest commercial empire in European history without a central bank, without industrial policy, and without a single economic development agency. While Byzantine bureaucrats strangled Constantinople with regulations and Frankish kings debased their currencies, Venetian merchants created wealth through voluntary exchange and sound money.
The lagoon dwellers who fled Attila's hordes in 452 AD had nothing but salt marshes and fish. No natural resources. No agricultural surplus. No inherited infrastructure. What they possessed was something far more valuable: distance from the coercive apparatus of mainland states. This geographic accident forced them to survive through trade rather than taxation, commerce rather than conquest.
Venice's constitution deliberately fragmented power to prevent any single authority from controlling trade. The Doge held ceremonial functions while competing merchant families checked each other's ambitions. No guild could monopolize an industry without rivals organizing alternative trading networks. When the state tried to restrict private commerce in 1297 with the Serrata del Maggior Consiglio, it marked the beginning of Venice's decline, not its peak.
The Venetian ducat maintained its gold content for over 500 years while every other European currency suffered debasement. Merchants could calculate profits across decades, plan investments across generations, and accumulate capital without worrying about monetary manipulation. Compare this to England, where Henry VIII cut silver content by 83% in just 20 years.
Voluntary association and sound money create abundance. Coercion creates poverty. Venice proved this. The same economic laws that enriched Venetian merchants still operate today, waiting for governments brave enough to get out of the way.