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Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by herbst on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @05:29AM (#27970396)
Stability is so relative. Comparing my portfolio to 1 year ago. My dollars and euros lost value, all my crypto is worth at least twice as much. I don't care about stable if this is the long term game.
Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by thecupisblue on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:53AM (#27971335)
>dollars and euros lost value

>crypto is worth at least twice as much

of the currency that lost value? do you see the irony here?

Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by phasnox on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:22AM (#27973522)
Of the amount of goods and services you can buy with it.

Fiat is just a convenient unit of account, that serves the purpose of contrast.

Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by herbst on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:54AM (#27971341)
I compare all to CHF, but it doesn't matter if you have a somewhat stable base currency you see the same I described.
Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by tick_tock_tick on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:44PM (#27976695)
> My dollars and euros lost value

How'd you fuck that up the market has been shooting up every week?

Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by herbst on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:47PM (#27976727)
Not compared to CHF no, USD is on a stable but slow down for me.