Monero mentioned in the news (monero.town)

submitted 5 months ago by shortwavesurfer@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town

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"That’s why, while almost no one pays for coffee with bitcoin, many use the privacy coin monero (XMR) to buy this or that"

https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/06/14/mass-adoption-would-ruin-crypto-keep-it-a-niche/

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 5 months ago

I paid for a lot of coffee and pizza with bitcoin, but that was back when the fees were reasonable

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, so did I when fees were reasonable. I used to use Gyft all the time to obtain Starbucks, groceries, etc. Now that is totally unthinkable. Bitcoin for that use case is dead.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

I still use it for $500 gift cards. But if you know of a legit source for cards to Amazon that accepts xmr, let me know

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 5 months ago

I use coinsbee.com for GCs with Monero

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

Ah, that's that sketch one that sends you secret keys over email

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 5 months ago

I've never personally had a problem with it, but yeah, that's how they do it.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

Did you check coincards? Can't check it myself right now, sorry for that, but I remember they have a lot of kinds of cards.
I haven't used the service myself, but looking to do so. I know them by Privacy Guides's recommendation, if that tells anything. They only recommend Monero for crypto, and Coincards for cards.