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by garmaine 2639 days ago
Anywhere where there is no trusted intermediary, or their fees are too expensive.

(And yes that’s a much smaller space than the block chain hype machine makes it out to be, but it is something tangible.)

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> Anywhere where there is no trusted intermediary, or their fees are too expensive

Such as......?

Extremely common in international transactions, to name one space I work in.
Not sure why you are being downvoted, this is a very obvious use case for large sums of money transferred internationally, especially in certain jurisdictions.