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Thank you! We definitely are open to using Crypto in the future, but it just didn't seem to make sense to get people the best possible rate today.

shafyy 5y ago
Please, don't use crypto. At least not as long as it has all the negative externalities it has today, like fucking up the environment and enabling scammers and fraudsters.
- chockchocschoir 5y ago
  Seems like adding cryptocurrency support wouldn't disable the functionality of sending other currencies, it would be an additional feature so you're not really forced to use it. What if they just support cryptocurrencies that are "environment friendly", would that change your mind about that point? Money will always enable scammers and fraudsters, there is simply no way around that. Every single network that handles money (including Visa), enables scammers and fraudsters, even more so than cryptocurrencies. Based on your last point, I feel like the environment point you raise is just trying to add more juice to your argument while in reality, your argument is mostly based on not liking cryptocurrencies emotionally.
  - shafyy 5y ago
    > Based on your last point, I feel like the environment point you raise is just trying to add more juice to your argument while in reality, your argument is mostly based on not liking cryptocurrencies emotionally. I don't like cryptos because of their negative externalities, not the other way round :-) As long as the majority of crypto transactions have these negative externalities, any action that promotes crypto is bad. As software engineers, you should already know that blockchain tech is inferior to existing technologies, and that it won't be relevant in the long-term. So why help promote cryptos now?
aorth 5y ago
Cool service. Good luck! I agree with other commenters: stay away from cryptocurrencies. Aside from the negative environmental externalities, there are, in practice, very few legitimate uses for them. Your supporting them might bring undue shady business that could jeopardize the service. Also, cryptocurrencies are just really stupid.

shafyy 5y ago

Please, don't use crypto. At least not as long as it has all the negative externalities it has today, like fucking up the environment and enabling scammers and fraudsters.

chockchocschoir 5y ago
Seems like adding cryptocurrency support wouldn't disable the functionality of sending other currencies, it would be an additional feature so you're not really forced to use it. What if they just support cryptocurrencies that are "environment friendly", would that change your mind about that point? Money will always enable scammers and fraudsters, there is simply no way around that. Every single network that handles money (including Visa), enables scammers and fraudsters, even more so than cryptocurrencies. Based on your last point, I feel like the environment point you raise is just trying to add more juice to your argument while in reality, your argument is mostly based on not liking cryptocurrencies emotionally.
- shafyy 5y ago
  > Based on your last point, I feel like the environment point you raise is just trying to add more juice to your argument while in reality, your argument is mostly based on not liking cryptocurrencies emotionally. I don't like cryptos because of their negative externalities, not the other way round :-) As long as the majority of crypto transactions have these negative externalities, any action that promotes crypto is bad. As software engineers, you should already know that blockchain tech is inferior to existing technologies, and that it won't be relevant in the long-term. So why help promote cryptos now?

aorth 5y ago

Cool service. Good luck! I agree with other commenters: stay away from cryptocurrencies. Aside from the negative environmental externalities, there are, in practice, very few legitimate uses for them. Your supporting them might bring undue shady business that could jeopardize the service. Also, cryptocurrencies are just really stupid.