• ipitco@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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    29 days ago

    paying in crypto is nice partly for this reason

    But a lot of uneducated people will spam “crypto is a scam”

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        28 days ago

        Breaking news! Criminals (but not only) use crypto, and people get scammed. This happens as well with fiat, so that must surely mean fiat is a scam!

        Flawless logic, really. You people impress me with your thinking.

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              28 days ago

              You won’t convince anyone one here that crypto isn’t a scam. These people are set in their ways.

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                28 days ago

                And stubbornly entitled

                Their uncle must’ve been rug pulled when buying a shitcoin or something and now they believe crypto is nothing but a scam

                But yea there’s nothing to do. If you can’t educate them then let them stay in their ignorance if they like it. I just don’t feel that letting them spread their misinformation is a good thing

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      26 days ago

      Yes, doing illegal things secretly is a valid use case for crypto. So far, it’s also the only one

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        26 days ago

        What about donating money to people online without giving away your name and privacy? What about avoiding scams for P2P transactions? What about boycotting the banking system? What about avoiding international payment fees?

        These all seem valid use cases to me

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          22 days ago

          donating online

          Yeah i suppose any form of payment that you have to keep secret for some reason is a reason to use crypto, though I struggle to imagine needing that if you’re not doing something dodgy

          avoiding scams for p2p transactions

          Wat. Crypto is not good at solving that, it’s in fact much much worse than traditional payment methods. There’s a reason scammers always want to be paid in crypto

          boycotting the banking system

          What specifically are you boycotting? The money that backs your crypto (i.e. that you bought it with) still sits in a bank account somewhere and continues to support the banks. All you’re boycotting then are payments, but those are usually free for consumers (many banks lose money on them) so you’re not exactly “sticking it to the man” by not using them. Evem if you were somehow hurting banks by using crypto, if you think the people that benefit from you using crypto (crypto exchange owners and billionaires that own crypto etc.) are less evil than goverment regulated banks, you’re deluded.

          What about avoiding international payment fees?

          You’ll spend more money using crypto for that, not less