Because of shitcoin promotion and because I thought Gift Cards were an American thing (my bad), I never really tried Bitrefill. Now I have and it's awesome.

Bought a Bol.com "Gift Card" (a secret code actually) that I paid for over the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The secret code arrived in my e-mail inbox immediately. Ordered something at Bol.com (the biggest online reseller in the Netherlands) and after inserting the secret code, the correct amount was deducted just like that.

I wasn't very well connected to Bitrefill and this was the long route the lightning payment had to take:

Bitkoins.nl -> BitKassa LN34961 [LND] -> MiltonPusser.lightningnode.eu -> Bitcoin emBassy TLV -> BLUEIRON-v0.8.0 -> Bitrefill

Talking about scaling Bitcoin!

Also topped-up my phone, which went smooth as well.

Although still a bit indirect, this is a real world use case for the Bitcoin Lightning Network!

Edit: it just arrived in the mail

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