Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in the future

Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by charcircuit on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:58AM (#26065314)

and you can build useful things using cryptocurrency via smart contracts.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by eli on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:28AM (#26065781)

can you, though?

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by tootahe45 on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:36PM (#26068293)

Reddit had a breakthrough innovation recently in the form of sh!tcoin (MOON token) built on ethereum that allows you to gift people 'moon points' or something by up-voting their comment. Still scratching my head as to why this required blockchain.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by MrMan on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:11AM (#26065515)

I think smart contracts with dollars would be just as good

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by tinco on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:25AM (#26066558)

You can build smart contracts with dollars through the Ethereum cryptocurrency. If you think you can make smart contracts any other way then you don't really understand what smart contracts are.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by charcircuit on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:45AM (#26066014)

I'm not sure what you mean. You can't program the dollar bill. It's a piece of paper.

If you are asking why stable coins pegged to the dollar don't exist, well they already exist.

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