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Re:Bitcoin passes 10,000 USD by clu3l355 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:39AM (#15797608)
>I can't really think of many reasons why you would use crypto to pay for a coffee or a sandwich if you live in the West (or frankly, even most developing nations).

Credit card companies/banks sell your transaction data for a lot of money, and plenty of unscrupulous players can garner a lot about your life from such data. While BTC is only pseudonymous, it can provide some shielding from this.

Re:Bitcoin passes 10,000 USD by regulation_d on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:09PM (#15799078)
These credit card companies also charge 3% tx fees. Crypto fees can be much, much lower.

Also coins like Dash have some nice anonymization tools built-in.