[davewritescode]

All of crypto is speculation. Nobody pays for anything with crypto and most of the time the price movement of Bitcoin seems pretty close to the movement of NASDAQ.

ETH provides value but it’s moved to an unproven model.

The who crypto ecosystem is filled with charlatans and crooks who want to rob you and your only other alternative is to be your own bank and store in a cold wallet. Not something normal people are interested in.

[eddsh1994]

I’ve routinely bought my morning bacon and avocado sandwich with coffee using various crypto at a local cafe in Oxford, when I lived there.

[HaZeust]

Yeah because you're a user on HackerNews.

That process is not at all streamlined for the layperson, and the structure of crypto has only existed to make it harder, and to further divorce from what could otherwise be a straightforward process for 99% of folks.

[xwdv]

Some guy bought a Dominos Pizza for 500 bitcoins way back before it was popular.