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absolutely not the solution.
by colesantiago 3y ago
absolutely not the solution.
- tslocum 3y agoWhy? To me, it seems like a clear solution, and is actually one of the core goals of the creation of cryptocurrency.
- colesantiago 3y agoMany artists I know are ferociously against crypto and they and their fans don't know how to use crypto at all. Use bank transfer or better yet instead, purchase gifts for the creator on their Amazon, Etsy, etc wishlist in exchange for content or use gift cards. The above solutions are way better than crypto as it's mostly used for crime and illicit transactions and speculation.
- mattdesl 3y agoBy what metric are these better solutions? Modern blockchain payment systems (see Base) have transaction fees that are an order of magnitude cheaper than any trad processors; they don’t discriminate based on moral grounds; transactions settle in seconds rather than days; they are not bound to only certain countries; funds are not custodially held by a single centralized tech company; the list goes on. Much of the rationale for anti-crypto among communities that would most benefit from it (eg: NSFW art) is ill conceived and held together by an almost religious zeal.
- boppo1 3y agoAll it takes is one defi guy who can really draw rouge the bat with a juicy posterior and artists&dans will get into crypto.
- techdragon 3y agoThere’s a lot of bad blood in the artistic community (on all fronts, production, distribution and consumption) to anything crypto due to the whole NFT thing… I don’t think you’re going to see anyone trying to do something that’s art + crypto for quite some time.
- Zambyte 3y agoI didn't say it was "the" solution, but it absolutely is a solution to what they asked.
- colesantiago 3y agoIt still isn't a solution any way you cut it and in any case, hence the keyword 'absolutely'
- Zambyte 3y agoIt's a payment system that allows adult content.
- belladoreai 3y agoIf you're an artist who needs to eat food in order to live, this "payment system" does not facilitate your ability to achieve that.
- karlshea 3y agoIt’s “a” solution but not a “helpful” or “realistic” solution.
- belladoreai 3y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted, because your comment succinctly highlights the issues and is correct.
- Zambyte 3y agoIt doesn't highlight any issues. It effectively just says "you are wrong". It doesn't really add anything to the discussion. > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- firejake308 3y agoI don't see why not though? One of the benefits of a decentralized currency is that it is not subject to censorship by any central authority who disagrees with the content you are purchasing. That is exactly the problem these guys are having. Granted, they'll have to pay a lot of transaction fees/gas, and the volatility still makes it hard to fix prices, but for one-off transactions, you can ignore day-to-day volatility as long as the minute-to-minite volatility is bearable.