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> it straight up doesn't work as a money

I've gotten paid for services via Monero.

> money that's simple, easy, fast, and reliable

That was my exact experience with Monero.

Ever tried to set up a Stripe account for GitHub Sponsors? I literally had to open a new bank account for that. With cryptocurrency, you just generate a private key in your wallet app.

> A decade after bitcoin, no-one but crooks and when-moon fanboys use it.

Yeah, that's kind of my point. It's tragic. I don't understand it.



You're a techie - everyone else views the complexity and unreliability of computers as "computers are a necessary evil" rather than "oh this is an interesting challenge!".

To the layman, a single unfamiliar word or concept equals "my money will disappear".


Even among techies there's no adoption. Just look at this site.




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