• Toneswirly@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        No, its patronage. I am not buying anything, just supporting an artist. Then I “acquire” a piece coincidentally from the same artist, because a minority of people can apparently bully payment processors in to not accepting money for goods.

    • hmmm@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      3 months ago

      Cryptocurrency can’t handle this amount of transaction. Also, it’s so much power hungry. We need something lightweight and powerful.

      • stevestevesteve@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        It sounds like you’re conflating Bitcoin with cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is power hungry. Not all crypto is proof-of-work, and actually, most aren’t. Not all crypto has insane transaction fees, that’s mostly a Bitcoin thing. These are massive issues with Bitcoin which is why I’m surprised anyone still values Bitcoin at all.

        • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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          3 months ago

          As long as bitcoin’s price dictates the rest of other coins’ prices, it won’t matter that there are “better” coins. Whenever bitcoin has a surge or a big drop, every other coin follows.

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            3 months ago

            I heard monero is the one that’s used to purchasing instead of trading. Like for VPN’s and such.