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I have a lot of digital artist friends who used to rely on live performances and installations for their money, now they're seriously killing it selling NFTs S

I have a lot of digital artist friends who used to rely on live performances and installations for their money, now they're seriously killing it selling NFTs Some of them opt out of more environmentally unfriendly stuff like Ethereum for sure Personally I've developed systems for paying for everyday things like your bus fare or phone bill using crypto in a country where there's a hell of a lot less confidence in fiat (Brazil) -- hell check out the history of the Brazilian Real if you want an idea of what real candycorn money looks like Personally I just feel a hell of a lot of privileged bullshit out of people arguing that crypto is some good for nothing shit. Yeah sure great try living in a country where your government is fucked. We truly don't live in some francis fukuyama neoliberal fantasy world where we can trust stuff like traditional financial markets which have gone and failed us in the non english speaking world time and time again. I welcome any and all alternatives

mandelken 5y ago
TL;DR [CITATION NEEDED] ;-) Wow, you can actually pay your bus fare and phone bills in Brazil with crypto? That sounds either very impressive or totally unbelievable. I could not find anything on Google, so if someone could you link/cite to some actually used examples (I guess apps or utility website?) that would be very helpful. Sincere thanks.
- ufo 5y ago
  As with anything cryptocurrency related, it's safe to assume that the justification is contrived and the actual use case is niche, at best. My experience as a Brazilian is that I've never seen anyone using cryptocurrencies in real life. On the other hand, the government's new instant payments system (Pix), allows anyone with a mobile phone to easily make small payments. In less than one year since launch it's already ubiquitous.
  - jamal-kumar 5y ago
    ok lammer on the other hand the boleto system is incredibly sweet and is what we based our stuff around
- jamal-kumar 5y ago
  yeah i mean not like a condescending tone is going to covince me to try and convince you to give away PII on this one i mean this account is linked to my name you can do your thing
- jamal-kumar 5y ago
  by the way you try searching in portuguese? https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=comprar%20passagem%20de%20%C3%B4nibus%20com%20criptomoeda https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=comprar%20passagem%20d... plenty of options now wow so hard to find

mandelken 5y ago

TL;DR [CITATION NEEDED] ;-) Wow, you can actually pay your bus fare and phone bills in Brazil with crypto? That sounds either very impressive or totally unbelievable. I could not find anything on Google, so if someone could you link/cite to some actually used examples (I guess apps or utility website?) that would be very helpful. Sincere thanks.

ufo 5y ago
As with anything cryptocurrency related, it's safe to assume that the justification is contrived and the actual use case is niche, at best. My experience as a Brazilian is that I've never seen anyone using cryptocurrencies in real life. On the other hand, the government's new instant payments system (Pix), allows anyone with a mobile phone to easily make small payments. In less than one year since launch it's already ubiquitous.
- jamal-kumar 5y ago
  ok lammer on the other hand the boleto system is incredibly sweet and is what we based our stuff around
jamal-kumar 5y ago
yeah i mean not like a condescending tone is going to covince me to try and convince you to give away PII on this one i mean this account is linked to my name you can do your thing
jamal-kumar 5y ago
by the way you try searching in portuguese? https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=comprar%20passagem%20de%20%C3%B4nibus%20com%20criptomoeda https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=comprar%20passagem%20d... plenty of options now wow so hard to find