Comment on Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public
makeasnek@lemmy.ml 4 months agoIt has an optional built-in tipping function where you can tip users (and receive tips) if you like their posts. Just like reddit had. Pretty cool imo but not required to use the platform.
banghida@lemm.ee 4 months ago
It is still rather cringe it is joined with Bitcoin at the hip, it even uses secpk1.
makeasnek@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
If you want a platform with built-in tipping, you can’t use PayPal, the fees make microtransactions impossible. If you don’t like the Bitcoin feature, you don’t have to use it. Bitcoin has a market cap that puts it in the top 25 countries by GDP. Higher than Sweden. It’s been doing its thing for 15 years. People may say they don’t like it, but if you decide to not use any platform or service which accepts or uses Bitcoin, your circle of places you can use is going to continue to get smaller. Have fun not shopping at Safeway or any other major grocery store since they all have Bitcoin ATMs. Have fun not using mutual funds or other investment portfolios from major banks since they all have degree of exposure to Bitcoin. You choice to avoid it is yours alone, but it seems like a weird thing to be mad about and hate.
Crypto is full of scams and rug pulls and bad actors. But Bitcoin has kept its promises to faithfully relay transactions without a single hack or day of downtime for 15 years. They are not the same.