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betamax was better tech than vhs. it's adoption that counts.

Bitcoin has basically no adoption among people who use cryptocurrency for non-speculative purposes. Privacy-focused coins (Monero, etc) or coins with faster/better ledgers (Ethereum) are much more popular.

There was a time when Bitcoin was a promising digital currency! I had some back then, around 2010. This is not that.

How much Ethereum is used for actual transactions? All things I hear from it are tech toys/demos and weird financial instruments/gambling...

No idea but if I ever wanted to pay a friend or a business in crypto, that's definitely the coin I'd use. Fast, well-known, and easy to buy and sell.

Bullshit. The vast majority of DNM transactions are in bitcoin (yes, I know WHM is trying to change this).. Same goes for huge card shops like jstash, which tend to only accept bitcoin. On various crime forums like exploit.in and verified.sc bitcoin is definitely the currency of choice. Most ransomware payments are in bitcoin too, even if a few have tried asking for monero recently.

It's very strange to see someone choose to come up with lies like this. I would prefer widespread monero adoption too, but we're far from that.

What I don't get though is how people are satisfied paying so much in fees for sending coins. I get that bitcoin isn't really used as a currency but as digital gold. But still, so much money simply wasted.

At least considering an exchange like coinbase. Perhaps there is a way to send/buy/sell bitcoin at nearly no cost that I am not aware of.

Digital gold is the part I feel least confident in. Gold is inherently useful. BTC maximalists retreated from transaction utility to SoV arguments.

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