This is a constant source of disappointment for me. I recently came across a twitter thread where an artist living in South East Asia was banned by PayPal (they

This is a constant source of disappointment for me. I recently came across a twitter thread where an artist living in South East Asia was banned by PayPal (they were doing NSFW commissions IIRC) and felt had no real alternative ways to get paid for their work. Someone replied and mentioned that cryptocurrencies were meant to be a solution to being beholden to payment providers and their whims. And that person was then vilified for "pushing their pyramid scheme". It's true that modern cryptocurrency is largely a pyramid scheme, but it could have been so much more.