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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 months ago

so I can buy illicit drugs, and...?

wake me up when I can use it to buy my fucking groceries.

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For groceries and most regular purchases (including online stores), there is cash. But I do use Monero for a legit reason - paying for my VPS and domain.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

If you pay for privacy oriented online services, mostly by providing a privacy respecting service, they often accept Monero.

Off the top of my had I know that Mullvad VPN and Standard Notes accept Monero, but if you look for it, there are probably more.
Other than that, PrivacyGuides recommends CoinCards as a gift card store that accept Monero payments. CC has gift cards for several popular online services. They are not yet available in Europe, but if you know that the service you want to sign up for does not enforce using the gift card in the appropriate region, you can buy it from a region that is already supported.

[-] cosmic_cowboy@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

Thank you for sharing these resources!

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

the world doesnt consist of the us and europe. in fact those are like, 12% of the planets population combined?

[-] DisgracedDoctor@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I use it to buy gift cards in India, currently the most populous country on the planet(for better or for worse), that adds up to... 35-45% of the world population; the figure does not even include the African and south American countries where there is a significant adoption of cryptocurrencies due to high inflation rates of the local currency.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org -1 points 6 months ago

Did you read my comment? I mean, you know, to the end.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I buy groceries with monero every month since Jan 2023 to present

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

sure, if you are in the little restricted areas where this is possible

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town -3 points 6 months ago

What do you mean by little restricted areas? Because I could do it anywhere in the United States. And that doesn't seem like a little restricted area.

[-] Ohh@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

How do you do that? Monero is one of few coins that interested me back in the day, so I am not a hater at all. But adoptation is very much lacking, and i I have no idea how you but groceries with xmr.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 8 points 6 months ago

Coincards.com gets me an instacart giftcard. Instacart card gets me my local grocery chains, local grocery chain store gives me food. I eat food and am eating monero.

[-] Ohh@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago
[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 6 months ago

ShopInBit works in eu and takes monero

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

the united states is what, 5% of the world's population?

the rest of the planet exists dude.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's true. It can also be done in Europe and Canada. So you at least have to combine those together. So you're probably looking at maybe 10%.

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Least eurocentric user.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online -5 points 6 months ago

I bought groceries with Monero for years. Just buy a gift card for your fav grocier.

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