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by bleachedsleet 1764 days ago
> The problem isn't that you need an alternative to PayPal, you need an alternative to Visa and MasterCard.

Isn’t that exactly what crypto is?

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It's far too fractured, speculative and volatile to be any sort of competition. It was probably started with those intentions and stable coins are trying to do that but the major coins are all pretty useless at this point for proper transactions. No large site wants to touch crypto as a viable payment method. Plus the reputation of being used for drugs and blackmail is hampering Bitcoin