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I have been using some crypto as a means of payment and find it often easier and cheaper than banking services in the fiat system.
Developers -and possibly others- could use it to monetize their work and becoming less dependant from commercial app stores. The blockchain can be a good tool for proof of provenance (although the latter doesn't necessarily come with a currency).
By using crypto, we can cut the middleman.
There are some use cases for crypto imho, but only a few companies try to exploit its potential.
But, yeah, it seems we already have the next big thing:
@QuentinCallaghan @ailiphilia Thank you for this comment, Ailphilia. We are largely supportive of bitcoin and monero but we feel there are serious concerns about security that make it difficult to participate.
For example, many people are unaware that Cloudflare controls the on-ramps to #bitcoin in most countries. This means a person can be blocked by #Cloudflare at any moment from joining the network.
Our sources indicate this happens.
#cryptocurrencies
This is sadly true. There's a lot wrong with Cloudflare and I also knew they control the on-ramps to bitcoin, but I didn't know that they have already blocked persons.
@ailiphilia The reports started hitting us personally early in 2021.
It was likely happening before that, however. We decided to finally put it into a toot form early 2022 (see (#)bankAccounts hashtag)
Thanks, I'll need to look into that.