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What technology is better at being money than bitcoin? Paper dollar?

• tablespoon 4y ago
  > What technology is better at being money than bitcoin? Paper dollar? Pretty much anything? (including cowrie shells and gold) Bitcoin has a lot of hype about being "money," but it's rarely used as such.
  • eric_cc 4y ago
    This is a very dishonest or ignorant response. Good luck sending somebody shells or gold to make a payment. And good luck with shell inflation. And good luck with every store needing to be able to test that gold is real, store it in vaults, etc
    • IncRnd 4y ago
      > Good luck sending somebody shells or gold to make a payment. Good luck sending somebody crypto to make a payment.
      • eric_cc 4y ago
        It’s a common occurrence. No luck needed.
        • IncRnd 4y ago
          Don't be obtuse. Using crypto for payments isn't common. Maybe you can make 1 on 1 payments to other people who are also convinced to use the same crypto as you. People who don't use that crypto (almost everyone in the world) or your grocery store (most in the world) won't take your payment in crypto.