That takes time (days) that people don’t want to wait to make a purchase, nor do people want to leave a balance with companies or have to worry about topping it up so they have enough to buy the next game they happen to want without waiting.
Are you aware you can just transfer money between bank accounts, usually for free?
Much like with a credit card, you could just transfer money to Valve, which would be credited to your account, and you can then use it to buy stuff.
There’s no need for crypto anything.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
ndixon@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
For me it takes barely even a minute. What stone age banking systems are you using?
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Bank to bank transfers typically show up in under an hour in my country, and you would obviously be able to credit your account ahead of time.
kunaltyagi@programming.dev 8 hours ago
Hours?? Lost of places (see EU, India, Japan) have instant transfers.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Ours is hourly for some reason, and it’s only recently they started doing that.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Even having to wait an hour is a fantastic way to lose a sale.
lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Valve could extend a limited credit for the first two hours of play time. If after downloading and playing for two hours there’s still no confirmation from the bank, they’d then block your access to the game.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
This is to top up your account, not make a purchase.
wholeofthemoon@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You have completely missed the entire point of the number one cryptocurrency in the world. You’ll wish you had done some research. If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince you, sorry.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
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