• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Credit card fees can actually get quite large as well, they’re just hidden from the consumer, and we all pay a higher price because of it.

    E.g stripe is 2.9% + $0.30

    Even BTC with its current high (not peak high fees) fees is cheaper than CC’s when you start getting into a few hundred dollars purchase.

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      2 days ago

      And many cryptocurrencies have much lower fees. For example, Monero fees tend to be <$0.01, though they can be as high as $1, which is way lower than Bitcoin. Here’s a source for Monero transaction fees. And that absolutely tracks for Monero since it’s entire purpose is to replicate cash transactions as much as possible.