Think about how money moves in a small town

In a small town, money has the greatest impact when it stays local. When dollars are spent at locally owned businesses, they circulate from shop to shop — paying employees, supporting other local services, and helping neighbors invest back into the community. Each time money changes hands locally, it strengthens the town’s economy instead of leaking out to distant corporations or intermediaries. This idea is especially relevant to Bitcoin and Lightning, which give communities new ways to keep value moving locally, support small businesses directly, and build more resilient, self-sustaining local economies.