Yes, I know that it still exist, and yes, decentralized currency which utilizes distributed, cryptographic validation is not actually a strictly bad idea, but…
Is the speculative investment scam, which crypto substantially represented, finally dead? Can we go back to buying gold bars and Pokemon cards?
I feel like it is, but I’m having a hard time putting my finger on why it lost its sheen. Maybe crypto scammers moved on to selling LLM “prompts?” Maybe the rug just got pulled enough times that everyone lost trust.
Nope. I use it on a weekly basis to pay for stuff on the internet. It’s got its uses and the concept is sound. What you’re talking about is the hype train that happens ever so often.
What do you use crypto to pay for on the internet every week?
Nice try FBI
Wouldn’t you like to know, fedboi.
“Did you know if you ask me if I’m a cop that I legally have to answer you truthfully if I’m a cop? So relax! What do you spend it on?”
Servers, VPN, domain names and recurring donations. Mostly donations every week. Servers and VPN on a monthly basis.
Thanks for the response. Aside from the fed responses lol I was wondering what people actually used it for since we can’t deny there is a lack of products you can buy with crypto. I will def start using it for donations and VPN
Actually I’ve had really good success in paying for privacy services with it. I wouldn’t do it any other way, especially for things like a VPN where you don’t want the provider to have to keep your name and address due to legal requirements.
Another great use case is sending money abroad, especially to countries where there’s other sorts of financial restrictions.
Look up crypto wallets and use the ones you can use on your local computer (don’t bank your coins in exchanges)
Friend of mine side hustles crypto. He has a full time job so it’s not quite his thing but sells a little here and there.
The key was he got in early a bunch of years ago like all speculative markets.
To quote George Carlin it’s like any other group of people: a few winners a WHOLE LOT of losers.
That’s not a “side hustle”, that’s just gambling.
I had a habit of avoidikg calling it that because of the aggressive replies I get saying it’s not gambling. 😆
Man feels good to say crypto is gambling and speculative. I wonder what else I can say.
Tiannamen Square.
I can answer this. All of my subscriptions are paid in crypto: email, alias service, gift cards, VPN etc.
The reason is pretty simple. First, lots of sites don’t have the security standards cards in my country need to function. Second, I mostly use Monero to pay which is a completely private crypto so payment providers can’t peddle my data.
I’m glad to see that paying for things is still an option. What I really hope for is that the future of crypto is all payments and the investors fuck off