• @ErC@lemmy.cryptoriot.org
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    81 year ago

    The main appeal is the ability to make transactions without intermediaries. The problem is that most people have as the only interest to get richer and richer and there will be always other people happy to sell them that dream… For a fee. These are the vastmajorituy of the people in cryptocurrencies, but that doesn’t disreguard the power and utility of the technology. It’s easy to shit on the tool, but the real problem is the greed-driven society we live in.

    • @neptune@dmv.social
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      11 year ago

      If people paid rent or bought groceries with crypto currency? Sure. It’s not like thousands of people without bank access are using coins.

      • @ErC@lemmy.cryptoriot.org
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        21 year ago

        I’ve been living on cryptocurrencies only for the last >6 years. Buying groceries, travels and whatever else i need. So yes, people do that. You don’t hear about it because people are too busy talking about speculators and price movements.

        Cryptocurrencies are seeing high adoptions in country where banking is limited, in the rich country is 99% speculation.

        • @neptune@dmv.social
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          11 year ago

          Doesn’t the see saw of speculation kind of screw this up for you? Or do you only engage in business with other crypto people?

          • @ErC@lemmy.cryptoriot.org
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            11 year ago

            Speculation makes it harder because it causes price volatility, which is good and bad. There are services like bitrefill, travala and coincards that make very easy to buy almostanything using crypto. Of course if somebody accepts crypto directly i prefer them.