[trollbridge]

Euros, dollars, pounds, francs, and yen are all more stable and easier to use than cryptocurrencies.

It gets even easier once you toss in Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, various debit card and regional networks, and ubiquitous banking services. Checks and online ACH payments are free or nearly free. Payment card platforms are cheap in consideration the value you get for them.

Meanwhile actually spending crypto is quite expensive - worse than Visa’s transaction fees, and far less consumer and merchant protections.

[glitchc]

The key difference is that they all require identity to use and can be traced back to a person.

[atomic_cowprod]

That is by design and is a good thing to everyone except cartels and communist governments.

[inigyou]

What about people wanting to buy abortion pills?