Monero mentioned in the news

"That’s why, while almost no one pays for coffee with bitcoin, many use the privacy coin monero (XMR) to buy this or that"

https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/06/14/mass-adoption-would-ruin-crypto-keep-it-a-niche/

6 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world

8 Comments

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 4 pts · 2y (7 replies)

I paid for a lot of coffee and pizza with bitcoin, but that was back when the fees were reasonable

shortwavesurfer@monero.town · 2 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Oh, so did I when fees were reasonable. I used to use Gyft all the time to obtain Starbucks, groceries, etc. Now that is totally unthinkable. Bitcoin for that use case is dead.

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I still use it for $500 gift cards. But if you know of a legit source for cards to Amazon that accepts xmr, let me know

shortwavesurfer@monero.town · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I use coinsbee.com for GCs with Monero

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Ah, that's that sketch one that sends you secret keys over email

shortwavesurfer@monero.town · 1 pts · 2y

I've never personally had a problem with it, but yeah, that's how they do it.

freedomtools@monero.town · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

so you're the guy

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 1 pts · 2y

A lot of us did. But this was about 10 years ago.

aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
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