Comment by HelloUsername
5 days ago
> The biggest thing we need is a better way to pay someone over the internet without them knowing who you are.
Cryptocurrency?
5 days ago
> The biggest thing we need is a better way to pay someone over the internet without them knowing who you are.
Cryptocurrency?
That's what I thought. I think an open source crypto payment gateway that "just works" could probably make it more prevalent. (Is there any?)
Isn't that pretty much table stakes for being a cryptocurrency? Run a node (they're all open source), publish your address, and you're all set up to receive payments in that currency.
Every one I've tried "just works". The trick is getting people to join you.
> Every one I've tried "just works". The trick is getting people to join you.
As the other comment pointed out, if it's easy enough, that problem will take care of itself. I would also add "lightweight", cloning the entire block is not something everyone would do.
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If it was made easy and common for ordinary people to use.
True. For 99% of the people mining it yourself of demanding getting paid in crypto is not viable. That means you go to an exchange, and all you do is then logged at this government regulated exchange.
I suppose you could engage in some cloak and dagger exchange at night, but again, the 99% won't do that. The ones who do, are most likely capable of setting up their own services, anonymously, so they don't need to have a commercial, for-profit as their middleman.