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Re:Accepting Bitcoin as a Small Business – 4 Years In, No Cu... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday March 01, 2019 @11:30AM (#19282279)
> That being customers and businesses paying for goods and services directly between one another without having to rely on payment networks such as Visa.

We already have cash for that! It completely ignores the reasons why people use payment networks like Visa instead of just exchanging cash. There are fraud protections, credit, reward points, etc. What bitcoin brings to the table is simply not something very many people actually want for the tradeoffs involved.

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Re:Accepting Bitcoin as a Small Business – 4 Years In, No Cu... by spectramax on Friday March 01, 2019 @11:42AM (#19282450)
I’m with you. They’re not designed for consumer use. The core of the argument of this thread is - these technologies are being marketed and pitched towards consumers despite of what you’re highlighting.
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