Comment on I’ve been locked out of PayPal for years because of their mistake

• shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gratuitas.org sells premium grade coffee for Monero. You can also look at monerica.com. There are absolutely tons of legitimate businesses that accept crypto. Actually, when it comes right down to it, it makes a whole lot of sense to accept crypto because the transaction fees are so damn low that businesses save a ton of money over credit card transactions.

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  • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But why should I base my shopping habits around a currency/platform when I could just use one that almost everyone takes. When I want to order off a random online shop, I do not want to think about whether they’ll even take the money I have.

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    • shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fair enough, I’ll be the first to admit that it takes work in order to use it. I’ll give two reasons. One is a monetary, and one is not.

      Reason 1: If we are right, and 15 years of data shows we at least have a point, then you would be an early adopter and very likely end up very wealthy.

      Reason 2: You can buy anything from anyone, anywhere, in the world at any time. And it’s guaranteed to be irreversible in 20 minutes.

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      • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        it’s guaranteed to be irreversible in 20 minutes

        How is that a good thing? I want to be able to chargeback if I don’t get what I ordered.

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      • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        then you would be an early adopter and very likely end up very wealthy

        So it is speculative.

        You can buy anything from anyone, anywhere, in the world at any time without permission

        And should I feel the need to buy something from somewhere I need permission for, I will consider getting some crypto. Haven’t had a situation yet where cash didn’t suffice though.

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• robigan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe for you, but there are large parts of the world that are relying on crypto such as the African region which for them has been a game changer as an alternative to their unstable currencies.

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  • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is legitimately great. Doesn’t make it a good or even viable PayPal alternative for me, a European, though. Or even a viable alternative for the Euro.

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