• Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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    23 days ago

    Over the 15+ years that we’ve had crypto, there have been only two viable uses. All others have failed:

    Criminal activity (including brutal stuff like enabling NK/Russia and drug cartels)
    Financial speculation (in of itself often a malicious activity where the goal is to dump your worthless bags on a mark)
    

    Huh, Weird… Every use I’ve ever used crypto for doesn’t fall into these two categories. So I guess your assumptions and thus everything you based your logic/responses on must be faulty and incorrect.

    I use Crypto much like I use my second language/citizenship. Rarely… However, that doesn’t mean I don’t use it legally. And simply holding onto the crypto != financial speculation. Nobody treats a savings account as “financial speculation”.

    I’ve paid for plenty of things from my crypto wallets. Ranging from several to thousands of dollars.

    And yes, I would like my payment for toilet paper and bell peppers to be private. Strictly for the fact that I don’t want Mega-corpo stores to be able to track and advertise to me based on my payment method. “Club cards” to advertise/track you are a thing. Large chains can do this same thing with payment methods details. So yes, being “real” here, I not only require it, but demand it.

    Your premise is bad. And based on your other responses you don’t care to address it at all.