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by dragonwriter 3261 days ago
> One of the hugely compelling benefits of cryptocurrencies is they entirely eliminate the necessity for such middlemen taking a cut and driving up costs for the parties actually partaking in the transaction.

Which is why so many of the business “accepting” cryptocurrency do so only through a middleman who converts it immediately back to national currency for the business, charging a fee for the service.