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I used the app my internet only bank made to send money to buy a house for cash a few months back, pretty sure bitcoin wasn’t an option.

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You can buy houses for bitcoin in some places but im really not arguing that bitcoin is the best money to use for every day. I responded to a person who said it had no use case. I use bitcoin multiple times a year for transactions where it works better. And i happened to do that yesterday.

It’s crazy how stupid HN becomes at the word crypto.

“A non binary view about crypto omgzzz can’t compute!!!”

No, you are not buying houses for bitcoins. You are using bitcoins that are converted to the currency the house is quoted at and if the amount is greater than the contract price you get the house.

It is no different from saying "In some places I can buy houses with cocaine". Sure, if the buyer thinks they can immediately offload cocaine for cash, the buyer might take it. That does not mean that the house is sold for cocaine.

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