The Bitcoin Rails have real world value...
Strike announced launching a Remittance service to Mexico from the US via Lightning
A lot of money flows from the US to Mexico each year in the form of remittances.
Based on the available data we are looking at roughly $60 billion a year being sent back to Mexico.
Now, they can use the bitcoin rails to do it faster and cheaper...
Check it out:
(Source: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1668985775621390338?cxt=HHwWhIC-sYzutqkuAAAA)
Now they just have to turn their fiat into bitcoin in a cheap and easy way... that's the difficult part.
Not just Mexico. I have been making this point ever since I saw this TED Talk, back around 2015 I guess.
Yes, they have several options on there. Strike allows you to send to friends and family members using simply a phone number.