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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They could easily accept crypto.

  No, they could not, not easily.

  The problem is paying devs and staff. You have to pay them with dollars or their native currency.

  … Yes. These are… the main reasons why this is not easy.

  You’re basically either running your own FOREX exhange, which is costly, complicated, expensive and intensive…

  Or you are holding a significant chunk of your operating budget in… one, many, all cryptos? Which is extremely financially risky…

  Or, you’re paying people directly in crypto, which ironically, probably a vast majority of people and entities that publish on Steam would quit the platform if that was mandated… kinda like how MC+Visa making a unilateral decision forced Steam to ban a bunch of games.

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  You’re doing magical thinking.

  Stop that.

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• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or something like Gnu Taler, which has many of the advantages of crypto with few of the problems.

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• burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stablecoins already solve that. Not very trustworthy because they could in theory do the same but as a temporary solution should work.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Quick question, which stablecoins have actually been stable for 5 years?

    10?

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ok, so we’ve got a single stable coin that’s been fairly stable for 5 years, good start.

        Now, how do I know which ones that were around 5 years ago…would be this stable?

        How do I know this one will be stable for another 5 years?

        Is there… some kind of objective analysis I can do here, of all stablecoins, to at least have an idea of this, or am I throwing darts while blindfolded?

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    • burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah dude convert that shit as soon as you get it, don’t hold it. I’m not a fan but for receiving salary or processing payments in USD it does the job

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      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        See my point here is:

        Stablecoins are not actually meaningfully stable, they are not a realistic solution.

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