• Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There are but virtually no one uses them, and I’m sure if they did they would take it away the due to the aforementioned issues. It’s just kind of a mess. It’s not not a good vehicle for commerce and it never has been.

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        1 year ago

        It works as a marketing strategy to virtue signal to tech fetishists, but nearly no one actually uses these services.

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          1 year ago

          Can I see your statistics on Crypto POS that you used to come to those conclusions?

          Starbucks accepts crypto just so you are aware, it’s far more common than you are leading people to believe.

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            1 year ago

            Then please provide evidence that these services are actually being used if you are so confused convinced that is the case.

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              The burden of proof is on you for making the original claim, I’ll provide stats once you do. The mere fact that these companies exist and have provided these services for years should ample proof to most people who want to have a discussion.

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                BTC processed 93.1 million transactions in 2022 while Visa (just Visa) did 192.5 billion. Not very popular as a payment method for sure.

                Edit: To be clear this the 93.1 million for BTC includes crypto-to-crypto trades.

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                  Wow, you said no one used it…

                  It’s funny, POS for most cryptos actually have cheaper fees than some other forms of payment, square wants 3.5% to charge a credit card, most crypto POS are sub 2%….

                  That’s also, what one of 100s of companies? It adds up.