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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by jamal-kumar on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:53PM (#27337227)
I have a lot of digital artist friends who used to rely on live performances and installations for their money, now they're seriously killing it selling NFTs

Some of them opt out of more environmentally unfriendly stuff like Ethereum for sure

Personally I've developed systems for paying for everyday things like your bus fare or phone bill using crypto in a country where there's a hell of a lot less confidence in fiat (Brazil) -- hell check out the history of the Brazilian Real if you want an idea of what real candycorn money looks like

Personally I just feel a hell of a lot of privileged bullshit out of people arguing that crypto is some good for nothing shit. Yeah sure great try living in a country where your government is fucked. We truly don't live in some francis fukuyama neoliberal fantasy world where we can trust stuff like traditional financial markets which have gone and failed us in the non english speaking world time and time again. I welcome any and all alternatives

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by mandelken on Sunday May 30, 2021 @06:49PM (#27337690)
TL;DR [CITATION NEEDED] ;-)

Wow, you can actually pay your bus fare and phone bills in Brazil with crypto? That sounds either very impressive or totally unbelievable.

I could not find anything on Google, so if someone could you link/cite to some actually used examples (I guess apps or utility website?) that would be very helpful. Sincere thanks.

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by ufo on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:12PM (#27338823)
As with anything cryptocurrency related, it's safe to assume that the justification is contrived and the actual use case is niche, at best.

My experience as a Brazilian is that I've never seen anyone using cryptocurrencies in real life. On the other hand, the government's new instant payments system (Pix), allows anyone with a mobile phone to easily make small payments. In less than one year since launch it's already ubiquitous.

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by jamal-kumar on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:51AM (#27340283)
by the way you try searching in portuguese?

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=comprar%20passagem%20d...

plenty of options now wow so hard to find

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by jamal-kumar on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:34AM (#27340172)
yeah i mean not like a condescending tone is going to covince me to try and convince you to give away PII on this one i mean this account is linked to my name you can do your thing
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