Ever tried to set up a Stripe account for GitHub Sponsors? I literally had to open a new bank account for that. With cryptocurrency, you just generate a private key in your wallet app.
> A decade after bitcoin, no-one but crooks and when-moon fanboys use it.
Yeah, that's kind of my point. It's tragic. I don't understand it.
You're a techie - everyone else views the complexity and unreliability of computers as "computers are a necessary evil" rather than "oh this is an interesting challenge!".
To the layman, a single unfamiliar word or concept equals "my money will disappear".
I've gotten paid for services via Monero.
> money that's simple, easy, fast, and reliable
That was my exact experience with Monero.
Ever tried to set up a Stripe account for GitHub Sponsors? I literally had to open a new bank account for that. With cryptocurrency, you just generate a private key in your wallet app.
> A decade after bitcoin, no-one but crooks and when-moon fanboys use it.
Yeah, that's kind of my point. It's tragic. I don't understand it.