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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by lph on Sunday April 01, 2018 @01:15AM (#16726840)
What purpose does cryptocurrency serve in this scenario that ordinary payment methods could not?
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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by ObeyTheGuts on Sunday April 01, 2018 @04:19AM (#16727324)
as homeless icant have bank account, i do can use bitcoin
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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by travisjungroth on Sunday April 01, 2018 @02:20AM (#16727025)
Guaranteed payment, low transaction cost and available to all. A homeless person often can’t get a credit/debit card, so cryptocurrency would be great for digital payment.
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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by paulie_a on Sunday April 01, 2018 @08:50AM (#16728007)
Except Bitcoin is anything but low transaction fee
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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by travisjungroth on Sunday April 01, 2018 @10:29AM (#16728455)
I agree, Bitcoin fees are too high for this use case. There are other assets with faster/cheaper transactions.

I just wanted honestly answer the comment about why cryptocurrency is better in this case (even if it’s not all cryptocurrency).

I could also say why it’s worse: price instability (that $100 you had to your name is now $70), no way to force a refund, not widely used, and you have to manage keys. I’m sure there are more.

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