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Re:Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here? by golergka on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:52PM (#39858924)
> As far as I can tell, the only cryptocurrency that actually delivers on its name (i.e. being used as a currency) is Monero.

In the last two weeks I've paid to people who cleaned my air conditioning, my girlfriend's nails, our lawyer, for delivery of some goods from US, for food delivery, for a sightseeing tour, and for exchange to local currency (delivered to my home) — all in USDT. I've also got USDT from a friend for booking Airbnb for him (he couldn't do it on his own account because of reasons). At this point, most of services in local community are advertised with payment in USDT first: via binance and bybit internal transfer, or just on trc-20.

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Re:Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here? by Solvency on Thursday March 28, 2024 @08:18PM (#39859107)
Yeah where do you live, Izhevsk Russia or something?
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Re:Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here? by golergka on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:11PM (#39859479)
Buenos Aires, and yes — community of (mostly political) Russian immigrants. I don't think USDT gets much use in Izhevsk though, Russian local financial services are pretty good, especially compared to Europe or US.
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Re:Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here? by throw-the-towel on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:20PM (#39859529)
Even the local businesses in Argentina sometimes accept crypto. I've seen a clothes shop in Jujuy that had a sign claiming to accept Bitcoin.
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