Recently I discovered Nostr, which is a distributed Twitter alternative less centralized than Mastodon, and there are paid relays you can purchase access to with Monero.
I personaly donate to some Russian media outlets with XMR, which is not exactly a service purchase, but a good way to help them to survive government pressure.
@pound_heap@key_brolin Many of my favorite Patreon creators have XMR tip jars. Shoutout to Yannic Kilcher, who breaks down AI papers so us STEM-educated non-experts can keep up. Super awesome.
You can shop with Monero on shopinbit.com or buy cards on coincards.com. Then there are peer-to-peer Monero markets on xmrbazaar.com and moneromarket.io
Monero does not appreciate in its price as much as mainstream cryptocurrencies so I am not holding much Monero. Rather using it occasionally to buy the hosting/server services for privacy. I can buy/sell XMR privately for fiat or BTC/ETH/LTC using RetoSwap https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto
16 Comments
pound_heap@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Mostly holding with occasional spending on services that do accept it
key_brolin@monero.town · 2 pts · 1y
Hm, and which are that services? Share them, I am interested
pound_heap@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Nice try fed /s
But if you are genuinely curious, here are a few things you can pay for with XMR:
I personaly donate to some Russian media outlets with XMR, which is not exactly a service purchase, but a good way to help them to survive government pressure.
dragonsidedd@sciencemastodon.com · 1 pts · 1y
@pound_heap @key_brolin Many of my favorite Patreon creators have XMR tip jars. Shoutout to Yannic Kilcher, who breaks down AI papers so us STEM-educated non-experts can keep up. Super awesome.
https://inv.nadeko.net/channel/UCZHmQk67mSJgfCCTn7xBfew
Ammortel@monero.town · 2 pts · 1y
You can shop with Monero on shopinbit.com or buy cards on coincards.com. Then there are peer-to-peer Monero markets on xmrbazaar.com and moneromarket.io
All services happen to be listed on monerica.com
mister_monster@monero.town · 3 pts · 1y
Why are you asking us our business man? Don't you know we care about privacy??
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
I might hold it and I might use it on a pretty frequent basis to buy things like hand soap and AA batteries.
sexy_peach@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
Neither of the three
mister_monster@monero.town · 2 pts · 1y
Wave@monero.town · 1 pts · 1y
When many other markets crash, Monero often remains stable. It would therefore make sense to exchange into XMR when prices are falling.
jay_edwards@monero.town · 1 pts · 1y
I usually swap, when it's needed, on Exolix or Trocador. But it's not the best coin to longterm holding, obviously
jay_edwards@monero.town · 1 pts · 1y
If we were trading Monero, the price had grown up with the rest of crypto 😜
gunnm@monero.town · 1 pts · 1y
What Monero?
0x0@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Neither, i don't own cryptocurrencies yet. If i do, i'll use bitcoin for trading and monero as digital cash.
xmr_unlimited@monero.town · 1 pts · 1y
Strictly research only. Don't buy monero meme refers to mining testnet coins and virtually bathing in them.
noxy@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 1y
No
hetzlemmingsworld@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 1y
Monero does not appreciate in its price as much as mainstream cryptocurrencies so I am not holding much Monero. Rather using it occasionally to buy the hosting/server services for privacy. I can buy/sell XMR privately for fiat or BTC/ETH/LTC using RetoSwap https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto