# Tried and failed to pay with Bitcoin on Square terminal

https://stacker.news/items/1601141

Stopped at a food truck in New Mexico for lunch today. It was my first encounter with a Square terminal in the wild and I enthusiastically tapped the Bitcoin icon. But I couldn't scan the QR in any way. The server tried cleaning the dust, tried multiple angels due to light reflections. Nothing, not even a generic QR code scanner would pick it up. So I paid for my tacos with fiat.

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Created: 2026-10-24T00:06:02.906110+00:00

Last edited: 2026-10-24T00:06:02.906110+00:00

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Original source: https://stacker.news/items/1601141