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by bayareateg 475 days ago
you can pay for goods and services with crypto..
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A small subset of them, sure. Mostly online services, and drugs, as far as I'm aware.

I can't pay my rent or mortgage with crypto; I can't buy groceries with crypto. I can't buy gasoline or pay for electricity with crypto. I don't think I can pay for home internet, or my phone bill, with crypto. I definitely can't pay for any of my child's stuff with crypto.

I think Tesla used to allow you to pay for their cars with crypto, though I'm not sure if that's still the case.