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Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji".

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

So what you are literally stating is you cannot use cryptocurrency to pay you need to convert into some other actually accepted currency...

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Also, have you ever been somewhere that is card only?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 months ago

There are ways. Visa has crypto-linked cards for example.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/visa-crypto-withdrawals-cards-145-countries