Cryptocurrency definitely has some downsides and I can very much see why it’s part of “tech bro” culture. I do have to say though, sending someone some coin without having to enter my information into whatever they use, is a nice UX. A lot off OSS people have addresses now.
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Replying to @richardiii
Honestly the fact that kleros exists says everything I need to know about cryptocurrency and tech bros. I have trouble understanding why today's money transfer technology is not sufficient for these use cases (for the kind of user who can use cryptocurrency)
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I’m not on the side of defending cryptocurrency, so I’ll probably agree with all of your criticisms. Getting some coin and sending it to an address anonymously is a pretty nice UX, that is all.
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Replying to @richardiii
Except for the practical complexity of getting the coins and the addresses, and the payee getting spendable money out of the address, sure!
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Replying to @wycats
Setting up Coinbase and sending/receiving coin has been really usable for me, personally. Someone has a text address on their site, I can just send them some. It’s definitely not perfect, and I agree with you other than that one point.
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I've used coinbase and it's not terrible but it's not great either. Worst experience with them: I lost my 2FA authenticator and there's literally no way to use SMS to recover (they'll only SMS to a new number, not a new phone with same number)
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