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Meh. The point of crypto is to bypass the present rails of commerce. Not to add yet another layer and middleman / middleware to the mix that adds fees and overh
by nukemandan 6y ago
Meh. The point of crypto is to bypass the present rails of commerce. Not to add yet another layer and middleman / middleware to the mix that adds fees and overhead.
- jdhn 6y agoI hate to say it, but this is what the future of crypto is going to look like. The signs were there ever since Neo & Bee spun up back in the mid 2010's (and then promptly blew up).
- raziel2701 6y agoYeah, I think this is why some more serious players are joining the space. They are going to further centralize things and make it more palatable for regular people to join. Even the Fed has started talking about digital currencies.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoOriginally, maybe, but even the most dedicated Bitcoin purists I've seen have long since agreed that we're going to need layers such as the Lightning Network on top. Some middleware serves a legitimately valuable purpose that can't easily be integrated end-to-end.
- chrisco255 6y agoEmbrace. Extend. Extinguish. It's my theory that crypto is following the same arc that Microsoft used to dominate personal computers and office software. Paypal recently announced crypto integration. Other payment processors will follow. Eventually merchants will want to save 3% and accept crypto directly. They might even pass the savings to the user.
- WC3w6pXxgGd 6y agoCrypto must first become popular and ubiquitous, which is the whole idea of this card.