smallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.caexternal-linkmessage-square367fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down1125file-text
arrow-up1713arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.casmallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square367fedilinkfile-text
35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”. F that
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months ago I cannot take my crypto and go down to the bodega and buy a sandwich. You can ^(but I admit that 95% of the time there is a payment middleman needed to convert crypto to fiat, just like Visa is a middleman)
minus-squareEntropywins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSo what you are literally stating is you cannot use cryptocurrency to pay you need to convert into some other actually accepted currency…
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoAlso, have you ever been somewhere that is card only?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoThere are ways. Visa has crypto-linked cards for example. https://cointelegraph.com/news/visa-crypto-withdrawals-cards-145-countries
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agohttps://swissmoney.com/who-accepts-bitcoin-as-payment
You can
^(but I admit that 95% of the time there is a payment middleman needed to convert crypto to fiat, just like Visa is a middleman)
So what you are literally stating is you cannot use cryptocurrency to pay you need to convert into some other actually accepted currency…
Also, have you ever been somewhere that is card only?
There are ways. Visa has crypto-linked cards for example.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/visa-crypto-withdrawals-cards-145-countries
https://swissmoney.com/who-accepts-bitcoin-as-payment