[heywoodlh]

> In practice

This is the difficult part for me with Cryptocurrency. Sure, the idea is cool, but I can't really use crypto with any of the services I use except for maybe my VPS provider or other technical services (which requires me to provide an email address anyway). I'd love to hear about mainstream services allowing financial transactions through cryptocurrency. Pornhub is the only mainstream/non-tech service I can think of.

The only practical use for me with cryptocurrency would be to convert it back into USD eventually.

[abalashov]

I suppose crypto enthusiasts would argue that this is just a matter of not having reached the tipping point for mass adoption yet (as with electric vehicles, for instance). However, I've heard that since the late 2000s.

[nibbleshifter]

I paid my rent in BTC for about a year, and have bought food/alcohol with it directly.

I suspect those may have been edge cases though.

[heywoodlh]

Whoa! That is awesome! I wish that was an option where I live in the US. Even if I didn't use it, that would be nice to just have other options.

[dashdot]

Because there are still very rough edges to smooth out. So it works only for niches. Kinda like online shopping in the 90s