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Expand Up @@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ We'll be seeing them throughout this book:
consumer::
A regular consumer on the Internet or in the offline world who wants to make purchases.

Alice runs a small coffee shop in an upmarket street in Berlin. She knows about Bitcoin and wants to accept it in her shop, but has been reluctant to do so because she knows that Bitcoin payments take approx. 10 minutes to be confirmed into her account, and that the fees that her customer needs to pay for a Bitcoin payment are variable. This is something that most costumers would not be pleased with. However with the Lightning Network, she knows that her regular clients, such as Beppe can pay for their coffee at her shop, quickly and with negligible fees. Additionally, by using the Lightning Network, Alice has all funds deposited instantly to her wallet and with usually smaller fees on her side as well. Ultimately this allows Alice to provide a better service or to offer better pricing for her products.

content creator / curator::
A person or platform offering content on the web.
They want to install a pay wall or get tipped by their fans and consumers.
This could even include music or video streaming on demand paying in real time

Dennis is a 9 year old boy from Australia, who wanted a games console just like his friends. However he was told by his dad that in order to buy it, he had to earn the money by himself. Now Dennis is an aspiring artist so he knows that while he is still learning, he can't charge much for his artwork. After learning about Bitcoin, he managed to setup a website to sell his drawings across the internet. By using the Lightning Network, Dennis was able to charge as little as $1 for one of his drawings. By being able to set a fair price, which would normally be considered a micropayment and as such not possible with other payment methods, and by using a global currency such as Bitcoin, Dennis was able to sell his art work to customers all over the world and in the end buy the games console he so very much wanted.

gamer::
Similar to the content creator, a gamer and live streamer would like to be tipped.
However, in gaming (and gambling) the transfer of bitcoin could be part of the game for example to trade items or to wage for bets.
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