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Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by oblio on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:04PM (#32615229)
The Ancient Roman one.

The one most people use. SWIFT.

And yeah, blah blah sanctions, Russia, Iran, like most of the world's business is happening there and like the crypto Ponzi schemers really care about the "under-banked".

Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by dalmo3 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:10AM (#32615569)
How's swift suitable for micropayments?
Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by freddie_mercury on Saturday August 27, 2022 @08:49AM (#32618382)
SWIFT isn't remotely suitable for micropayments. Most banks have to go through a correspondent bank that is going to charge at least $5 per transfer.
Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by oblio on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:31AM (#32618754)
Ok, then use anything else or get banks to come up with another one.

How, pray tell, would a cryptocurrency help here? You have all the crypto disadvantages (either untested or slow or scams or boiling the planet...) plus the same issue with adoption. We already have banks and they already have bank accounts. We have SWIFT, SEPA, etc. They know how to talk to each other. Get them to modify an existing protocol or make a new one for microtransactions.

It's a super hard task but with crypto you still have that super hard task (adoption) plus crypto itself (a million drawbacks).

It's not scientific and it's not engineering.

You solve a problem with the simplest equivalent solution, no more.

Crypto is like God. It gets sprinkled over every discussion. There's a reason science doesn't go: "A equals B plus God" to prove anything.

Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by runjake on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:08AM (#32615556)
The “ancient Roman one”? Enlighten me.