Yup! It’s faster, cheaper, and easier.
I don’t need to permanently record my coffee transaction on a nuclear grade ledger.
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Stick with banks then I guess? So weird.
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Is this a narrative time capsule from 2014?
Payments narrative is dead.
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Other chains are solving payments problems with substantial advances since 2014.
They aren’t bitcoin so you dismiss them as scams.
But for some of us, the “narrative” of abandoning fiat is still very much a thing.
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Nope.
Provide any KPIs to back up the claim that these other chains are being used for the payments narrative.
My criticism of the payments narrative is across all chains.
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You probably aren’t aware of Chai/Terra because it isn’t Bitcoin.
“Chai is the fastest growing e-wallet in Korea, with more than 2M active users and 1.2B in annualized transaction volume after less than 16 months of operations.”
Borderless algorithmic stablecoin. Used widely.
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Oh sure a centralized stablecoin!
Any concrete metrics (other than pump press releases which aren't validation) you want to share?
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TerraUSD isn’t centralized, and the metrics are open on the public blockchain.
How else would you like to move the goalposts?
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Provide data/links Erik.
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1/2 Quick read: like most algo-stablecoins, the system depends on an oracle. This oracle here are the base-layer PoS validators ("miners") who enter the exchange rate into a block. Their stakes can be slashed by a vote by hodlers.
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You get slashed if you vote outside some band from the median price
No “hodlers” vote required
Literally every oracle works the same way, not sure where you extrapolated the holder’s vote from the WP
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Ok, in this case it's a bit strangely formulated. But it's still just miners voting and their only stake is their stake which doesn't get slashed if they coordinate and can be shorted against.
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