# User Research / Venezuela Hi everyone! Im Gabriella from :flag-ve: Coming from a country with severe economic issues made me interested in crypto, and in turn it was kinda fundamental for me and my family. Ive also been a Product Designer for startups for a couple years and would really love to contribute to this space and mission; nice to meet y'all and peace! **Johns Beharry 2 days ago** Hola @Gabriella S! Welcome to the community -- some months ago @Joetheminer was telling us about how people use bitcoin in supermarkets to buy things. These were on-chain transactions though and sometimes they'd be complaints about confirmation time and there was little knowledge about bitcoin lightning network. Has this been the same for you or have people started adopting bitcoin lightning payments? **Gabriella 2 days ago** Hi Johns! I have heard of people using different types of crypto (mostly Tether) for stability in savings, and some places accept payment in basically anything :joy: Binance and Uphold are used because they have the least barriers for registration, can do P2P and have a "friendly" interface, I haven't heard about using LN tho, don't know if its an issue of accessibility or lack of knowledge. Crypto is quite widespread from what I've noticed, its accepted for food delivery, markets, car repair... you just pay beforehand or wait. I heard we are ranked third on the Global Crypto Adoption Index (Chainanalysis) but I think the knowledge does not go beyond swapping our currency for $$ sadly.