Well, currently you have to convert cryptocurrency into hard currency to use it, but the former isn't true. I have mined all of my cryptocurrency and that's pr

Well, currently you have to convert cryptocurrency into hard currency to use it, but the former isn't true. I have mined all of my cryptocurrency and that's pretty common among my peers. Money changed hands for me to get that currency -- money paid to the power company and to a few eBay sellers for video cards -- but nothing requiring an exchange fit-for-purpose. If purchasing with cryptocurrency ever truly becomes a thing (yeah, I know it exists, but it's rare and becoming more rare these days), that will affect the other side, as well.