Proton hopes its new digital wallet will help Bitcoin "gain mainstream trust and acceptance."
  • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    143·
    5 months ago

    It only supports Bitcoin? Really absurd choice. The demographic of people using Proton services, using cryptocurrency, and only holding Bitcoin has to be pretty damn small…

    • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      5 months ago

      It’s it absurd to support the largest crypto as the first choice?

      Better to release it with one and expand upon it later.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        34·
        5 months ago

        If you’re going to support one, support Monero, and allow paying for service with it. Then expand to Bitcoin, which is one of the easiest ways to buy Monero if your country is anti-Monero for some reason.

    • Virkkunen@fedia.io
      103·
      5 months ago

      It makes more sense to not spread even thinner chasing AI grifting and cryptobro services when your existing services have been lacking basic functionality for years

        • Virkkunen@fedia.io
          51·
          5 months ago

          When basic and highly requested features go untouched for years on end on every single product they have and new ones they launch, and Proton decides to keep expanding the portfolio without seemingly expanding the work force, then yes, one thing does prevent the other from happening.