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Wow, it's 2023 and 1 (one) small country officially recognises it (and no one actually[1] uses it there, except for small tourist attractions), no companies acc
by automatic6131 3y ago
Wow, it's 2023 and 1 (one) small country officially recognises it (and no one actually[1] uses it there, except for small tourist attractions), no companies accept it, and criminals don't even use it anymore.
[1] Number Go Up by Zeke Faux tries actually using BTC in El Salvdor. Many don't know how, some people tell him to leave, some try but it's strictly inferior to existing payment methods.
- anon1199022 3y ago[flagged]
- lawlessone 3y agooh in that case ill use it next time a buy a ferrari on my weekly shop.
- seanhunter 3y agoIt would be worth you reading https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, especially Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
- kkielhofner 3y agoThere have been plenty of these announcements over the years. They’re almost always rolled back in some number of months. See Tesla as the most famous example: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/12/elon-musk-says-tesla-will-stop-accepting-bitcoin-for-car-purchases.html https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/12/elon-musk-says-tesla-wil...