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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by AlienRobot on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @10:58AM (#43622540)
>Does it work internationally?

Does crypto? You may have heard of this thing called "tariffs" lately. Even purchases of software licenses are tariffed in Brazil[1]. The average person purchasing goods with crypto is just going to ignore this and several similar laws.

If you say crypto works to transact internationally, keep in mind: so does TF2 hats.

1: https://www.machadoassociados.com.br/en/2021/05/brazilian-fe...

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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by mhluongo on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:31PM (#43624322)
Indeed, TF2 hats and gift cards appear to do something well that this system doesn't :)
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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by dwattttt on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:33PM (#43627136)
I note that that thing is not "abide by the law"
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