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Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji".

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[–] Entropywins 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So what you are literally stating is you cannot use cryptocurrency to pay you need to convert into some other actually accepted currency...

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 1 points 4 months ago

Also, have you ever been somewhere that is card only?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

There are ways. Visa has crypto-linked cards for example.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/visa-crypto-withdrawals-cards-145-countries