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minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down19·2 months agoIn the government-controlled fiat system, you are right. In Monero, you are wrong.
minus-squareistanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down2·2 months agodoes your supermarket accept payments in Monero?
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 months agoYour supermarket accepts payments in cash, which is better anyway. (I say as someone who pays for certain services in Monero)
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoThrough a giftcard, yes. I have been eating Monero since January of 2023
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoIve spent years buying groceries with crypto. Just buy their gift cards with it
minus-squarePilferjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoAll of this seems straight worse than cash. Is cash not an option?
minus-squareCorgana@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoNot to people with a financial interest in promoting Monero.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoCash doesn’t work so well for online payments. Yeah, I pay with cash unless I’m getting something delivered.
In the government-controlled fiat system, you are right. In Monero, you are wrong.
does your supermarket accept payments in Monero?
Your supermarket accepts payments in cash, which is better anyway.
(I say as someone who pays for certain services in Monero)
Through a giftcard, yes. I have been eating Monero since January of 2023
Ive spent years buying groceries with crypto. Just buy their gift cards with it
All of this seems straight worse than cash. Is cash not an option?
Not to people with a financial interest in promoting Monero.
Cash doesn’t work so well for online payments.
Yeah, I pay with cash unless I’m getting something delivered.