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Re:Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down by alexvitkov on Monday August 04, 2025 @07:59AM (#44784649)
It really hasn't. Everything has been tried with crypto, except actually buying things with it.
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Re:Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down by Ruthalas on Monday August 04, 2025 @09:00AM (#44785180)
To be fair, in the case of Steam they legitimately did try. They supported bitcoin purchases for nearly two years before they stopped, citing volatility and processing fees:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail...

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Re:Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down by alexvitkov on Monday August 04, 2025 @10:59AM (#44786749)
I wouldn't call using Bitcoin legitimately trying. Even in 2017 Monero existed, which solves both the fee and transaction time problems, and as an added bonus is way more private.
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Re:Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down by krainboltgreene on Monday August 04, 2025 @10:38AM (#44786420)
This is literally wrong. It's even googleable.
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Re:Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down by rcxdude on Monday August 04, 2025 @06:50PM (#44792216)
It was tried, way back when it started, and it didn't work very well. Maybe a modern blockchain can work better, but the transaction volumes of credit cards are orders of magnitudes above the busiest blockchain today.
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