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• Grippler@feddit.dk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Both are useless as payment in the real world at any meaningful scale ATM.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Meh. Yes and no. There’s actually quite a few places that accept Bitcoin at this point. Alternatively, you can use it to buy gift cards for many different retailers.

    But yeah, you usually can’t walk up to the checkout counter and tap your card, unfortunately.

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    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not unfortunate. It’s not accepted as currency because it does none of the things currency is for.

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  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I pay for my VPS and domain with Monero. It will never be as big as Visa, but it doesn’t have to be - it has its niche.

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